Effects of information about validity scales on underreporting of symptoms on the personality assessment inventory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 402-413

  Baer, Ruth A ^a   Wetter, Martha W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030956335     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6802_10     Document Type: Article

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