Assessing explanatory style in teenagers: Adolescent norms for the MMPI Optimism-Pessimism scale

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-295

  Malinchoc, Michael ^a   Colligan, Robert C ^a   Offord, Kenneth P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029982493     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199605)52:3<285::AID-JCLP5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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