Factor validity and reliability of the sport friendship quality scale in a French adolescent sample

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-350

  Scoffier, Stéphanie ^a   Maiano, Christophe ^b   d'Arripe Longueville, Wifabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friendship quality; Invariance; Peer relationships; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650991995     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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