Two Foundations of Rorschach Assessment Revisited

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-77

  Costello, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foundations; Hermeneutics; Reliability; Rorschach; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033453495     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.15.1.64     Document Type: Article

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