Capturing Abnormal Personality With Normal Personality Inventories: An Item Response Theory Approach
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Personality
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3506
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00533.x