Dimensionality in pettigrew and meertens' blatant subtle prejudice scale

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-151

  Gattino, Silvia ^a   Miglietta, Anna ^a   Testa, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; IRT models; Subtle and blatant prejudice scale; Unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958756921     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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