Psychometric characteristics of the Persian version of the Multidimensional School Anger Inventory-Revised

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-64

  Aryadoust, Vahid ^a   Akbarzadeh, Sanaz ^b   Akbarzedeh, Sara ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Alameh Tabatabaii University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anger; Msai r; Psychometric feature; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953048678     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2011.544070     Document Type: Article

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