Effectiveness of the MMPI-2 validity indicators in the detection of defensive responding in clinical and nonclinical samples

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-413

  Bagby, R Michael ^a   Nicholson, Robert A ^b   Rogers, Richard ^c   Buis, Tom ^d   Seeman, Mary V ^a   Rector, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031422113     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.4.406     Document Type: Article

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