Development and validation of the personal strengths inventory using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-26

  Liau, Albert Kienfie ^b   Chow, Daryl ^a   Tan, Teck Kiang ^b   Senf, Konrad ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

measurement; positive psychology; social emotional competence; strengths based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651080381     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282910365648     Document Type: Article

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