Psychometric properties of colombian adaptation of buss and perry's aggression questionnaire for teenagers in a sample of bucaramanga;Características psicométricas de la adaptación colombiana del cuestionario de agresividad de Buss y Perry en una muestra de preadolescentes y adolescentes de Bucaramanga

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 979-988

  Chahín Pinzón, Nicolás ^a   Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^a   Vigil Colet, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Psychological tests; Quantitative research; Scale adaptation; Test adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872445225     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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