The utility of K-correction to adjust for a defensive response set on the MMPI

Assessment

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-70

  Putzke, John D ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a,b   Daniel, F Joseph ^a   Boll, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensiveness; MMPI; Response set; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033093363     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119900600107     Document Type: Article

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