Validation of a Portuguese version of the children's hope scale

School Psychology International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 538-551

  Marques, Susana C ^a   Pais Ribeiro, J L ^a   Lopez, Shane J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Gallup Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Hope; Metric properties; Scale adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350439214     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034309107069     Document Type: Article

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