Children's attributional style from middle childhood to early adolescence: Further validation of the paper-and-pencil versions of the children's attributional style interview

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Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-307

  Rueger, Sandra Yu ^a   Haines, Beth A ^b   Malecki, Christine Kerres ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attributional style; CASI I; CASI II; Children; Children's attributional style interview; Psychometric analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PAPER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 77955256940     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109356528     Document Type: Article

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