A psychometric evaluation of a brief school relationship questionnaire

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Dong, Yang ^a,b   Liu, Ying ^c   Ding, Cody ^a,b,c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief school relationship questionnaire; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross country study; Exploratory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555190737     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000086     Document Type: Article

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