Psychometric evaluation of the MMPI-2 restructured clinical scales in two Dutch samples

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 456-464

  Van Der Heijden, P T ^a,d   Egger, J I M ^b,c   Derksen, J J L ^b  

^a Reinier Van Arkel Psychiatric Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^d Reinier Van Arkel Groep   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL SCALES; NETHERLANDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49649091319     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802248745     Document Type: Article

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