Examination performance and graphological analysis of students' handwriting

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 367-381

  Lowis, Michael J ^a   Mooney, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035491502     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.93.2.367     Document Type: Article

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