Objective study of abnormal personality in cross-cultural settings : The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-211

  Butcher, James N ^a   Lim, Jeeyoung ^b   Nezami, Elahe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Welborn Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032330680     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022198291010     Document Type: Article

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