Exploring the Dimensionality of the Social Skills Improvement System Using Exploratory Graph Analysis and Bifactor-(S

Margarita Panayiotou1, Joãο Santos1, Louise Black1

  • 1University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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|November 16, 2020
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