Exploration of the Factorial Structure of the Revised Personal Functions of the Volunteerism Scale for Chinese Adolescents

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-537

  Law, Ben M F ^a   Shek, Daniel T L ^b,c,d   Ma, Cecilia M S ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese; Personal Functions; Scale development; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78650745145     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9627-2     Document Type: Article

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