Total number of MMPI-2 clinical scale elevations predicts premature termination after controlling for intake symptom severity and personality disorder diagnosis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1745-1755

  Minnix, Jennifer A ^a   Reitzel, Lorraine R ^a   Repper, Karla A ^a   Burns, Andrea B ^a   Williams, Foluso ^a   Lima, Elizabeth N ^a   Cukrowicz, Kelly C ^a   Kirsch, Lindsey ^a   Joiner, Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; GAF; MMPI 2; Personality disorders; Premature termination; Therapy outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 17344366420     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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