Cross-validation and Rasch analyses of the Australian version of the multidimensional school anger inventory-revised

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-242

  Boman, Peter ^a   Curtis, David ^b   Furlong, Michael J ^c   Smith, Douglas C ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Measurement; MSAI R; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746752655     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282906288472     Document Type: Article

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