Assessment of self-reported anger expression in pre- and early-adolescent African Americans: Psychometric considerations

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-371

  Armstead, Cheryl A ^a   Clark, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANGER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5244327675     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.2002.0481     Document Type: Article

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