The factor structure of the Romantic Beliefs Scale for African Americans and European Americans

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-185

  Weaver, Shannon E ^a   Ganong, Lawrence H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor structure; Measurement; Race; Romantic beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442485886     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504041373     Document Type: Article

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