Sentence completion tests: A review of the literature and results of a survey of members of the Society for Personality Assessment

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-383

  Holaday, Margot ^a   Smith, Debra A ^b   Sherry, Alissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST;

EID: 0033933680     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7403_3     Document Type: Article

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