Making Sense of Quest's Multidimensionality: The Search for a Higher Order Structure

The multidimensionality of the Quest construct has been suggested by a number of authors, although there is a paucity of multidimensional Quest scales in the extant literature. Further, the vast majority of researchers continue to utilize unidimensional measures of Quest. In a sample of 436 universi...

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Main Author: Crosby, James W. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2013
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 213-228
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