Translation of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale into American Sign Language: A principal components analysis

Social Work Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-63

  Crowe, Teresa V ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038897462     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/26.1.57     Document Type: Article

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