Detecting random, partially random, and nonrandom Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 protocols

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Pinsoneault, Terry B ^a,b  

^a Institute for the Study of Interpersonal Violence   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2; MMPI 2; Random responding; Response set; Validity scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947312560     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.1.159     Document Type: Article

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