Substance and artifact in interest self-reports: A multiple-rater twin study

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-173

  Nelling, Annika ^a   Kandler, Christian ^a   Riemann, Rainer ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interests; Ipsatization; Psychometric qualities; Response biases; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938400249     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000222     Document Type: Article

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