Construct validity of the relationship profile test: Three-year retest reliability and links with core personality traits, object relations, and interpersonal problems

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-171

  Bornstein, Robert F ^a   Huprich, Steven K ^b  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORE PERSONALITY TRAIT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; RELATIONSHIP PROFILE TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33645906274     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8602_05     Document Type: Article

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