Cross-Cultural Equivalence and Validity of the Vietnamese MMPI-2: Assessing Psychological Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 370-377

  Dong, Y'Lang T ^a,b,c   Church, A Timothy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0142052980     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.370     Document Type: Article

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