Mindfulness practice: A Rasch variable construct innovation

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-372

  Solloway, Sharon G ^a   Fisher Jr , William P ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Avatar International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AWARENESS; HUMANS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149053798     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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