Psychometric properties of the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-adolescent (MMPI-A) clinical, content, and supplementary scales in a forensic sample

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 566-581

  Handel, Richard W ^a   Archer, Robert P ^a   Elkins, David E ^a   Mason, John A ^b   Simonds Bisbee, Elise C ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hampton Newport News Community Services Board   (United States)

^c Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MMPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84855795011     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.608752     Document Type: Article

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