The utility of MMPI-2 suicide items for assessing suicidal potential: Development of a suicidal potential scale

Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-290

  Glassmire, David M ^a   Stolberg, Ronald A ^a   Greene, Roger L ^a   Bongar, Bruce ^b  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical items; MMPI 2; Personality assessment; Scale development; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MMPI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0035459055     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110100800304     Document Type: Article

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