Effects of augmenting response options on MMPI-2 RC scale psychometrics

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 613-619

  Cox, Andrew ^a   Pant, Hina ^a   Gilson, Allison N ^a   Rodriguez, Jessica L ^a   Young, Kevin R ^a   Kwon, Sangil ^a   Weed, Nathan C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871260946     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2012.700464     Document Type: Article

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