Combining the Rorschach test and the temperament character inventory: A new perspective on personality assessment

Psychopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 84-91

  Fassino, Secondo ^a,b   Amianto, F ^a   Levi, M ^a   Rovera, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Personality; Rorschach test; Temperament; Temperament character inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHODYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHARACTER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RORSCHACH TEST; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0038545281     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070363     Document Type: Article

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