Criterion validity of objective and projective dependency tests: A meta- analytic assessment of behavioral prediction

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-57

  Bornstein, Robert F ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033044947     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.11.1.48     Document Type: Article

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