Keywords
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality InventoryPsychologySocial desirabilityWelshClinical psychologyPersonalitySocial psychologyDevelopmental psychology
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- 1959
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- article
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 100-106
- Citations
- 47
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Jerry S. Wiggins,
Clark Rumrill
(1959).
Social desirability in the MMPI and Welsh's factor scales A and R..
Journal of Consulting Psychology
, 23
(2)
, 100-106.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047827
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- DOI
- 10.1037/h0047827