Unrestricted Factor Analytic Procedures for Assessing Acquiescent Responding in Balanced, Theoretically Unidimensional Personality Scales

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-374

  Ferrando, Pere J ^a   Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^a   Chico, Eliseo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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EID: 0345414478     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327906MBR3803_04     Document Type: Article

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