MMPI-2 L + K and L + K - F indexes of underreporting: Normative and desirable responding

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Brophy, Alfred L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037317448     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.1.223     Document Type: Article

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