Development and validation of the Affect in Play Scale-Brief Rating version (APS-BR)

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-60

  Sacha Cordiano, Tori J ^a   Russ, Sandra W ^a   Short, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEMORY; PLAY; PLAY SCALE BRIEF RATING VERSION; RATING SCALE; THINKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 38949105785     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701693744     Document Type: Article

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