Psychometric properties of scheier and carver's life orientation test in a sample of australian prisoners

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 305-322

  Allan, Maria M ^a   Giles, Margaret ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 54849414859     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.1.305-322     Document Type: Article

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