The classification accuracy of the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-adolescent: Effects of modifying the normative sample

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Hand, Cynthia G ^a   Archer, Robert P ^b   Handel, Richard W ^b   Forbey, Johnathan D ^c  

^a Hampton VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Assessment; MMPI A

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; COUNSELING; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33846871928     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106291815     Document Type: Article

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