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The Use of the Maudsley Personality Inventory on University Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. B. Ojha
Affiliation:
University College London, Gower Street, London, W.C.I
R. P. Kelvin
Affiliation:
University College London, Gower Street, London, W.C.I
C. J. Lucas
Affiliation:
University College London, Gower Street, London, W.C.I

Extract

In recent years, the Maudsley Personality Inventory (M.P.I.) has been widely used in experimental, psychiatric, social and applied research (Eysenck, 1959a, 1959b). Its use in a university setting has been described by Furneaux (1962) and Lynn and Gordon (1961).

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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