Construct validation of a general social attitudes scale (SAS-G)

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 203-213

  Milas, Goran ^a   Mlačić, Boris ^a   Mikloušić, Igor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Construct validation; General social attitudes; Peer ratings; Self reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889677024     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000115     Document Type: Article

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