MMPI-A patterns related to the endorsement of suicidal ideation

Assessment

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Archer, Robert P ^a   Slesinger, David ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Basic scale profile; Item endorsement; MMPI A; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033088391     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119900600106     Document Type: Article

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