The Rosenberg self-esteem scale: Translation and validation in university students

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 458-467

  Martín Albo, José ^a   Núñez, Juan L ^a   Navarro, José G ^a   Grijalvo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

College students; Psychometric properties; Rosenberg; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748950450     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006727     Document Type: Article

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