Personal problem-solving scoring of TAT responses: Known-groups validation

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-653

  Ronan, George F ^a   Senn, James ^a   Date, Ann ^a   Maurer, Lara ^a   House, Kerri ^a   Carroll, James ^a   Vanhorn, Roger ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029825848     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6703_16     Document Type: Article

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