Psychometric properties of the Social Skills Questionnaire: Portuguese adaptation of the student form (Grades 7 to 12)

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 486-499

  Mota, Catarina Pinheiro ^a   Matos, Paula Mena ^b   Lemos, Marina Serra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment of social skills; Confirmatory factor analysis; Portuguese version for adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954527042     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.44     Document Type: Article

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