The German adaptation and standardization of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Groves, Julia A ^a   Engel, Rolf R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33847134880     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8801_07     Document Type: Article

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