Psychometric properties of the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Hopko, Derek R ^a   Stowell, Jessica ^a   Jones, Warren H ^a   Armento, Maria E A ^a   Cheek, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROVERSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVISED CHEEK AND BUSS SHYNESS SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16344394563     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8402_08     Document Type: Article

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