Examining cultural validity of the problem-solving inventory (PSI) in Italy

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 478-494

  Nota, Laura ^a   Heppner, P Paul ^a   Soresi, Salvatore ^a   Heppner, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Cross cultural validity and Italian sample; Instrument construction; Problem solving appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749121292     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072709339490     Document Type: Article

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