Measuring the reliability of picture story exercises like the TAT

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Gruber, Nicole ^a   Kreuzpointner, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PICTURE STORY EXERCISES; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84892389936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079450     Document Type: Article

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