Teaching culturally informed psychological assessment: Conceptual issues and demonstrations

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 226-234

  López, Steven Regeser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 0036774721     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7902_06     Document Type: Review

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