The MMPI-2 restructured clinical (RC) scales and restraints to innovation, or "what have they done to my song?"

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-210

  Finn, Stephen E ^a,c   Kamphuis, Jan H ^b  

^a Center for Therapeutic Assessment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

EID: 33749610462     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8702_10     Document Type: Article

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