Witness self-efficacy: Development and validation of the construct

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 784-800

  Cramer, Robert J ^a   Neal, Tess M S ^a   DeCoster, Jamie ^a   Brodsky, Stanley L ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 78649660533     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.952     Document Type: Article

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