Self-construal scales lack validity

Human Communication Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-252

  Levine, Timothy R ^a   Bresnahan, Mary Jiang ^a   Park, Hee Sun ^a   Lapinski, Maria Knight ^b   Wittenbaum, Gwen M ^a   Shearman, Sachiyo Morinaga ^a   Lee, Sun Young ^a   Chung, Donghun ^a   Ohashi, Rie ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

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EID: 0038335746     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hcr/29.2.210     Document Type: Article

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