Using mixture distribution models to test the construct validity of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 598-605

  Tietjens, Maike ^a   Freund, Philipp Alexander ^b   Büsch, Dirk ^c,d   Strauss, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c Institute for Applied Training Science   (Germany)

^d University for Health and Sport   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mixed Rasch model; PSDQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862255491     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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