Evaluating the factor structure of the psychological performance inventory

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 309-325

  Golby, Jim ^a   Sheard, Michael ^a,b   Van Wersch, Anna ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS;

EID: 34548630830     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.1.309-325     Document Type: Article

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