An interpersonal perspective on the personality assessment process

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 471-479

  Hopwood, Christopher J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 77958456908     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2010.513284     Document Type: Article

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