Psychometric properties of virtual reality vignette performance measures: A novel approach for assessing adolescents' social competency skills

Health Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-70

  Paschall, Mallie J ^a   Fishbein, Diana H ^b   Hubal, Robert C ^b   Eldreth, Diana ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 13144268558     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg103     Document Type: Article

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