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Reliability of personality and values tests: The effects of “high stakes” selection conditions, and of four years in medical school

Yuriko FukuiSchool of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Saeko NodaGraduate School of Language and Literature, Tsuda University, Tokyo, Japan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-2984View further author information
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Midori OkadaSchool of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5915-1503View further author information
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Nakako MiharaSchool of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; View further author information
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Miles BoreSchool of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9691-6851View further author information
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Don MunroSchool of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8395-8692View further author information
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David PowisSchool of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-0142View further author information
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Pages 591-597 | Published online: 27 Jan 2019

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