A reliability generalization study of scores on Rotter's and Nowicki-Strickland's locus of control scales

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-119

  Beretvas, S Natasha ^a   Suizzo, Marie Anne ^a   Durham, Jennifer A ^a   Yarnell, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Locus of control; Meta analysis; Mixed effects model; Reliability generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649006788     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164407301529     Document Type: Article

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