A perspective on the restructured clinical (RC) scale project

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Archer, Robert P ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 33749617044     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8702_07     Document Type: Article

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