Convergent and Divergent Validity of the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-59

  Nickerson, Amanda B ^a   Fishman, Callen ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; strengths; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749103753     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015147     Document Type: Article

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