The MMPI-2 restructured clinical (RC) scales and redundancy: Response to tellegen, ben-porath, and sellbom

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-226

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

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Pacific University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VARIANCE;

EID: 70449623241     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890902800825     Document Type: Note

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