Multicultural assessment of personality and psychopathology in the United States: Still art, not yet science, and controversial

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-70

  Dana, Richard H ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Culture specific testing; Multicultural testing; Psychopathology; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032390571     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.14.1.62     Document Type: Article

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