Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales in a nonclinical setting

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Forbey, Johnathan D ^a   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL SCALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIZATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 41349115334     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701845161     Document Type: Article

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