Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales in mental health, forensic, and nonclinical settings: An introduction

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-121

  Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a   Tellegen, Auke ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL SCALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

EID: 41349104303     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701845120     Document Type: Review

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