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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality InventorySocial desirabilityPsychologyPsychological testingSocial psychologyClinical psychologyPersonality
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- 1956
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- article
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 171-175
- Citations
- 88
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Wilbert E. Fordyce
(1956).
Social desirability in the MMPI..
Journal of Consulting Psychology
, 20
(3)
, 171-175.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048547
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- DOI
- 10.1037/h0048547