Syndromal complexity, paradigm shifts, and the future of validation research: Comments on Nichols and Rogers, Sewell, Harrison, and Jordan

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Weed, Nathan C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SYNDROME; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33749611702     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8702_12     Document Type: Article

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