Psychometric properties of the religious orientation test (ROT) in a sample of South African students

Journal of Psychology in Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 145-148

  Patel, Cynthia J ^a   Naidoo, Sarojini ^a   Paruk, Zubeda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Reliability; Religious orientation test; South African; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903267734     PISSN: 14330237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2013.10820609     Document Type: Article

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