An evaluation of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A true response inconsistency (TRIN) scales

Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-106

  Handel, Richard W ^a   Arnau, Randolph C ^b   Archer, Robert P ^a,d   Dandy, Kristina L ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science ^*

Author keywords

MMPI 2; MMPI A; Personality assessment; TRIN; Validity scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33744511032     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191105284453     Document Type: Article

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