Bridging the divide: Comments on the restructured clinical scales of the MMPI-2

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-216

  Simms, Leonard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

EID: 33749593865     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8702_11     Document Type: Article

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