A Rorschach stability study in a nonpatient adult sample

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-348

  Serge, Sultan ^a   Andronikof, Anne ^b   Réveillère, Christian ^c   Lemmel, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; RORSCHACH COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STABILITY; TASK ENGAGEMENT;

EID: 33845658663     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8703_13     Document Type: Article

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