A comparison between the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory with incarcerated adolescent males

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-285

  Huckaby, William J ^a   Kohler, Mindy ^a   Garner, Evan H ^b   Steiner, Hans ^b  

^a California Youth Authority   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Distress; MMPI; Restraint; Weinberger Adjustment Inventory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0031745258     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022640216393     Document Type: Article

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