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The Eysenck Personality Inventory: Some Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. B. Knowles
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
Norman Kreitman
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex

Extract

The aim of this paper is to report our experience with a new psychometric test, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, or E.P.I. (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1964).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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