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Group embedded figures test performance in different instrumental behavior styles.

L M Foster
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Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) performance of male psychiatric clinic outpatients differed significantly between persons with active and those with passive styles of instrumental behavior as measured by the Millon-Illinois Self Report Inventory. Actives were able to identify the simple figure within a complex ground significantly better than passives and thus demonstrated an independence from field not found in passives.

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L M Foster. 1977. Group embedded figures test performance in different instrumental behavior styles.. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(197704)33%3A2%3C571%3A%3Aaid-jclp2270330252%3E3.0.co%3B2-k

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