Assessment of accurate self-knowledge

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-251

  Vogt, Dawne S ^a,b,d   Colvin, C Randall ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 19444366080     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8403_03     Document Type: Article

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