Measuring attitude with positively packed self-report ratings: Comparison of agreement and frequency scales

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1015-1024

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 4243189207     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.1015-1024     Document Type: Article

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