Measurement of agency, communion, and emotional vulnerability with the personal attributes questionnaire

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-216

  Ward, L Charles ^a   Thorn, Beverly E ^b   Clements, Kristi L ^b   Dixon, Kim E ^c   Sanford, Stacy D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 33645932339     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8602_10     Document Type: Article

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