Dynamics of personality test responses: The empiricist's manifesto revisited

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-386

  Butcher, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EMPIRICISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MMPI; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0034050362     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200003)56:3<375::AID-JCLP13>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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