Discriminant validity of the illness behavior questionnaire and Millon clinical multiaxial inventory-III in a heterogeneous sample of psychiatric outpatients

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 779-791

  Boyle, Gregory J ^b   Le Déan, Loïck ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clinical syndromes; Illness proneness; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0034074550     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200006)56:6<779::AID-JCLP7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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