Ethnic comparability of the MMPI in pain patients

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 485-497

  Nelson, David V ^a,b   Novy, Diane M ^a   Averill, Patricia M ^a   Berry, Leigh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029784952     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199609)52:5<485::AID-JCLP1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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