Development and psychometric evaluation of the school bullying scales: A Rasch measurement approach

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-216

  Cheng, Ying Yao ^a   Chen, Li Ming ^a   Liu, Kun Shia ^a   Chen, Yi Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

multidimensional Rasch analysis; Rasch measurement; school bullying; test development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951690497     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410387387     Document Type: Article

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