The construction of two short factor-marker scales measuring women's perceived obstacles (WO) and women's coping efficacy (WOC) in politics

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 113-133

  Francescato, Donata ^a   Mebane, Minou ^b   Sorace, Roberta ^b   Giacomantonio, Mauro ^b   Lauriola, Marco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Empowerment coping; Gender; Politics; Scale construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956632894     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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