An assessment of scales measuring constructs in tests of criminological theory based on national youth survey data

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-105

  Armstrong, Todd A ^a   Lee, Daniel R ^b   Armstrong, Gaylene S ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct; Theory; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149154375     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427808326588     Document Type: Article

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