The MMPI as a Predictive Tool for Missionary Candidates

The missionary community has needed a method for inexpensive effective candidate screening. Previous experience (Schubert, 1992, 1993) has suggested certain Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales and background information of the candidate to be helpful in this regard. The MMPI ha...

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Authors: Schubert, Esther (Author) ; Gantner, Keith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 1996
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1996, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 124-132
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