Structural validity of the fear of success scale

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-108

  Metzler, Jonathan N ^a   Conroy, David E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Fear of success; Structural validity

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEAR OF SUCCESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3142651378     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327841mpee0802_4     Document Type: Article

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