A single-item measure of social identification: Reliability, validity, and utility

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-617

  Postmes, Tom ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^b   Jans, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880702814     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12006     Document Type: Article

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