Integrative self-knowledge scale: Correlations and incremental validity of a cross-cultural measure developed in Iran and the United States

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-412

  Ghorbani, Nima ^a   Watson, P J ^b   Hargis, Michael B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Iran; Mindfulness; Positive psychology; Self knowledge; United states

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649113751     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRPL.142.4.395-412     Document Type: Article

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