Mapping the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical scales onto normal personality traits: Evidence of construct validity

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-187

  Sellbom, Martin ^a   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 25844524843     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8502_10     Document Type: Article

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