Using the bifactor model to assess the dimensionality of the Hong Psychological reactance scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-185

  Brown, Allison R ^a   Finney, Sara J ^a   France, Megan K ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bifactor model; Hong Psychological Reactance Scale; reactance; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951697833     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410387378     Document Type: Article

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