Trimming the fat reveals a one-factor construct of Hong's psychological reactance scale

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 220-228

  Jonason, Peter K ^a   Bryan, Angela ^b   Herrera, Jacob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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