The utility of the NEO-PI-R validity scales to detect response distortion: A comparison with the MMPI-2

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-283

  Morasco, Benjamin J ^a,b   Gfeller, Jeffrey D ^c   Elder, Katherine A ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY REVISED; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 34250361466     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701293924     Document Type: Article

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