Balanced inventory of desirable responding: Factor structure, reliability, and validity with an offender sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-333

  Kroner, Daryl G ^a   Weekes, John R ^b,c  

^a Millhaven Institution   (Canada)

^b Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030240727     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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