What do the MMPI-2 restructured clinical scales reliably measure? Answers from multiple research settings

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-442

  Rouse, Steven V ^a   Greene, Roger L ^b   Butcher, James N ^c   Nichols, David S ^d   Williams, Carolyn L ^e  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Pacific University

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTER ITEM CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL SCALES; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49649111673     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802248695     Document Type: Article

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