A comparison of the cook-medley hostility scale (Ho-scale) and the content scales "cynicism", "anger", and "type A" out of the MMPI-2: On the future assessment of hostility

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Mittag, Oskar ^a   Maurischat, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cook medley hostility scale; Cynicism; Hostility; MMPI 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013583761     PISSN: 09405569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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