Semantic response consistency and protocol validity in structured personality assessment: The case of the NEO-PI-R

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 315-332

  Kurtz, John E ^a   Parrish, Catherine L ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035017611     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7602_12     Document Type: Article

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