Incremental validity of the MMPI-A content scales in a residential treatment facility

Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-202

  Forbey, Johnathan D ^a   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Incremental validity; MMPI A

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0043209828     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191103010002010     Document Type: Article

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