A new approach to the assessment of structural personality pathology: Theory-driven profile interpretation of the Dutch Short Form of the MMPI

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-40

  Eurelings Bontekoe, Elisabeth H M ^a   Onnink, Anne ^b   Williams, Melody M ^b   Snellen, Wim M ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Gelderse Roos Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c Altrecht Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Personality assessment; Personality profiles; Personality traits; Psychoanalytic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549154543     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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