Mexican American adolescents' performance on the MMPI-A

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 205-214

  Negy, Charles ^a   Leal Puente, Laura ^a   Trainor, Debora J ^a   Carlson, Ralph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OBSESSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030773427     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6901_12     Document Type: Review

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