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Social Desirability and Performance on the MMPI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Allen L. Edwards
Allen L. Edwards*
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University of Washington
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Psychometrika , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 1964 , pp. 295 - 308
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Copyright © 1964 Psychometric Society

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Presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Los Angeles, California, September 8, 1964.

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Preparation of this paper was supported in part by Research Grant M-4075 from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service.

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