The Rorschach in the context of performance-based personality assessment

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-475

  McGrath, Robert E ^a,b  

^a Farleigh Dickinson University

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; DUAL PROCESS MODEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RORSCHACH INKBLOT METHOD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 49649088877     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802248760     Document Type: Article

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