Effects of two MMPI-2 validity scales on basic scale relations to external criteria

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-102

  Archer, Robert P ^a   Fontaine, Jennifer ^b   McCrae, Robert R ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031834554     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7001_6     Document Type: Article

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