A critique of Lilienfeld et al.'s (2000) "The Scientific Status of Projective Techniques"

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-271

  Hibbard, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037633919     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8003_05     Document Type: Article

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