An empirical examination of the construct validity of two alternative self-control measures

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 674-706

  Marcus, Bernd ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deviant behavior; General theory of crime; Personality measures; Self control; Structural equations modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042572075     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403251329     Document Type: Article

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