Measuring general indecisiveness

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Rassin, Eric ^a,b   Muris, Peter ^a   Franken, Ingmar ^a   Smit, Maartje ^a   Wong, Maggie ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indecisiveness; Indecisiveness scale; Intolerance of uncertainty; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDECISIVENESS SCALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33846504817     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-006-9023-z     Document Type: Article

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