Psychometric properties of a Spanish adaptation of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT-20)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-159

  Buela Casal, G ^a   Carretero Dios, H ^a   De los Santos Roig, M ^a   Bermudez M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Normative data; Reflexivity impulsivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038739458     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.19.2.151     Document Type: Article

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