Psychometric properties of the life orientation test-revised in samples of Japanese students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 849-855

  Nakano, Keiko ^a  

^a Atomi University   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MMPI; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 3142657132     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.849-855     Document Type: Article

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