MMPI code types and the fantasy prone personality

Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-95

  Merritt, Rebecca Davis ^a   Waldo, Thomas G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fantasy prone personality; ICMI; MMPI; Schizophrenia spectrum; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STATISTICS; STUDENT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STUDENTS; THINKING;

EID: 0034145248     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700108     Document Type: Article

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