The convergent validity of acquiescence: An empirical study relating balanced scales and separate acquiescence scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1331-1340

  Ferrando, Pere J ^a   Condon, Lorena ^a   Chico, Eliseo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquiescence measurement; Balanced scales; Factor analysis; Response biases; Structural validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944220166     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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