Assessing behavior in standardized settings: The role of objective personality tests

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 537-546

  Proyer, René T ^a   Häusler, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SCHUHFRIED GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Experimentalpsychological behavior assessment; Hyperkinetic syndrome; Objective personality test; Psychological assessment; Theoretical study

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249080020     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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