Examination of the latent structure of the psychological sense of school membership scale

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-237

  You, Sukkyung ^a   Ritchey, Kristin M ^b   Furlong, Michael J ^b   Shochet, Ian ^c   Boman, Peter ^c  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian sample; bonding; connectedness; engagement; factor analysis; school membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955716705     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282910379968     Document Type: Article

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