French adaptation of the Self-Handicapping Scale;Adaptation française d'une échelle d'auto-handicap: La Self-Handicapping Scale

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 5-31

  Kraïem, Sami ^a   Bertsch, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factorial analyses; French scale; Self handicapping; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888235922     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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