The impact of ethnicity and response bias on the self-report of negative affect

Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-38

  Bardwell, Wayne A ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 2442644690     PISSN: 10712089     EISSN: 17519861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9861.2001.tb00105     Document Type: Article

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