National survey of psychologists' test feedback training, supervision, and practice: A mixed methods study

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-336

  Curry, Kyle T ^a   Hanson, William E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953665892     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2010.482006     Document Type: Article

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