Meta-analysis of the MMPI-2 fake bad scale: Utility in forensic practice

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-58

  Nelson, Nathaniel W ^a   Sweet, Jerry J ^a,b   Demakis, George J ^c  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MMPI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 30344432084     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040500459322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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