A differential item functioning analysis of the PSDQ with Turkish and New Zealand/Australian adolescents

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-18

  Aşçi, F Hülya ^a   Fletcher, Richard B ^b   Çaǧlar, Emine ^c  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Physical self concept and culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749172389     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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