Field reliability of comprehensive system scoring in an adolescent inpatient sample

Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-209

  McGrath, Robert E ^a   Pogge, David L ^b   Stokes, John M ^c   Cragnolino, Ana ^a   Zaccario, Michele ^a   Hayman, Judy ^a   Piacentini, Teresa ^a   Wayland Smith, Douglas ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Four Winds Hospital   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive system; Field reliability; Interrater reliability; Rorschach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RORSCHACH TEST;

EID: 20744439201     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191104273384     Document Type: Article

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