Construct validity of the offer self-image questionnaire and its relationship with self-esteem, depression, and ego development

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-400

  Lindfors, Kaj ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^b   Sinkkonen, Jari ^c   Aalberg, Veikko ^a   Vuorinen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Offer self image questionnaire; Self image

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544471556     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-5769-y     Document Type: Article

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