Reliability and validity evidence for the institutional integration scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-98

  French, Brian F ^a   Oakes, William ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; College students; Institutional integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642455812     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403258458     Document Type: Article

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