Item wording and internal consistency of a measure of cohesion: The group environment questionnaire

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-402

  Eys, Mark A ^a   Carron, Albert V ^b   Bray, Steven R ^c   Brawley, Lawrence R ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group environment questionnaire; Internal reliability; Response acquiescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547606267     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.29.3.395     Document Type: Article

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