Examination of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales in a sample of bariatric surgery candidates

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-205

  Wygant, Dustin B ^a,b   Boutacoff, Lana I ^c   Arbisi, Paul A ^d   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a   Kelly, Peter H ^b   Rupp, William M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Summit Psychological Associates Inc   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota ^*

^d St Paul Gastroenterology Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric; MMPI 2; Psychological evaluation; RC scales; Restructured Clinical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX;

EID: 34948890066     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-007-9073-8     Document Type: Article

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