Faking the MMPI-2: Utility of the subtle-obvious scales

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 525-533

  Brems, Christiane ^a   Harris, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECEPTION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SICK ROLE;

EID: 0029779358     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199609)52:5<525::AID-JCLP5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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