A short German version of the Self Description Questionnaire I: theoretical and empirical comparability

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 415-438

  Arens, A Katrin ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seeshing ^b   Craven, Rhonda G ^b   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

construct validity; preadolescent children; SDQ I; self concept measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883500495     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2012.710503     Document Type: Article

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