Social desirability and the clinical self-report inventory: Methodological reconsideration

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-528

  Huang, Chiou Yan ^a   Liao, Hsin Ya ^a   Chang, Sue Hwang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EGO STRENGTH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSION; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031804759     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199806)54:4<517::AID-JCLP13>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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