Concurrent and predictive validity of the student adaptation to college questionnaire in a sample of European freshman students

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 527-538

  Beyers, Wim ^a   Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0037777701     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00164402062003009     Document Type: Article

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