Relations between MCMI-II personality variables and measures of academic performance

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-268

  King, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031758622     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7102_12     Document Type: Review

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