Psychometric properties of the Danish 16PF and EPQ

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^a,c   Reinisch, June Machover ^b   Sanders, Stephanie Ann ^b  

^a Occupational Health Service of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Rheumatology and the Osteoporosis Research Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattell 16PF; Coefficient alpha; Eysenck EPQ; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030167517     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00653.x     Document Type: Article

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