Factorial validity and invariance testing of the Swedish social physique anxiety scale: Arguments for gender-specific scales

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 492-499

  Lindwall, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural equivalence; Multigroup invariance; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644293985     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.26.3.492     Document Type: Article

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