Some observations on the validity of the Rorschach inkblot method

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-213

  Weiner, Irving B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030037750     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.2.206     Document Type: Article

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