Global positioning system technology (GPS) for psychological research: A test of convergent and nomological validity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Wolf, Pedro S A ^a   Figueredo, Aurelio J ^b   Jacobs, W Jake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent validity; Global positioning system; Individual differences; Nomological validity; Physical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878809143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00315     Document Type: Article

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