Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness: A study of psychometric properties in a Spanish sample

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-57

  Santos Iglesias, Pablo ^a   Sierra, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047683875     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.03.07.17.21.PR0.107.4.39-57     Document Type: Article

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