Factor structure of the adult attitudes toward adult and continuing education scale and its capacity to predict participation behavior: Evidence for adoption of a revised scale

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-314

  Blunt, Adrian ^a   Yang, Baiyin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0347373669     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074171302400448627     Document Type: Article

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