Deconstructing, reconstructing, preserving Paul E. Meehl's legacy of construct validity

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-422

  Maher, Brendan A ^a,c   Gottesman, Irving I ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; History of science; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; THINKING;

HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 30744478720     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.17.4.415     Document Type: Review

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