Reliability and validity of the novaco anger scale and provocation inventory (nas-pi) and state-trait anger expression inventory-2 (staxi-2) in hispanic and non-hispanic white student samples

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-606

  Culhane, Scott E ^a   Morera, Osvaldo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; NAS PI; Reliability; STAXI 2; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049285371     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986310381458     Document Type: Article

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