Evaluating and developing a multidimensional, dispositional measure of appraisal

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-196

  Roesch, Scott C ^a   Rowley, Anthony A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 25844520784     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8502_11     Document Type: Article

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