Students' group and member attachment to their university: A construct validity study of the university attachment scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-458

  France, Megan K ^a   Finney, Sara J ^a   Swerdzewski, Peter ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Construct validity; Group attachment; University attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954008536     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409344510     Document Type: Article

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