Is the Neuroticism Scale of the Eysenck Personality Inventory contaminated by response bias?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 743-755

  McKelvie, Stuart J ^a  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquiescence; Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI); Neuroticism; Response bias; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742306519     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00348-3     Document Type: Article

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