A comparison of the PAI and MMPI-2 as predictors of faking bad in college students

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-205

  Blanchard, Dorothy D ^a,c   McGrath, Robert E ^a   Pogge, David L ^a   Khadivi, Ali ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Albert Einstein Medical College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037543003     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8002_08     Document Type: Article

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