Current status of the Rorschach inkblot method

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-19

  Weiner, Irving B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031036685     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6801_2     Document Type: Review

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