The social adjustment scale-self-report: Psychometric properties for older adults

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 920-926

  Zweig, Richard A ^a   Turkel, Elihu ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 38349071919     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.3.920-926     Document Type: Article

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