Testing the validity of an instrument for assessing family of origin history

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 863-875

  Melchert, Timothy P ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031768039     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199811)54:7<863::AID-JCLP1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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