FACES IV and the Circumplex Model: Validation Study

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-80

  Olson, David ^a  

^a University of Minnesota and Life Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650787462     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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