A Mokken Scale to Assess Secondary Pupils' Experience of Violence in Terms of Severity

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 496-508

  Mooij, Ton ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

digital assessment; Item Response Theory; Mokken scale; secondary school students; severity of violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866136752     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282912439387     Document Type: Article

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