Factor Structure of the Private Self-Consciousness Scale: Role of Item Wording

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-264

  Ben Artzi, Elisheva ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIVATE SELF CONSCIOUSNESS SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0348216601     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8103_08     Document Type: Article

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