The referential thinking scale as a measure of schizotypy: Scale development and initial construct validation

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 452-463

  Lenzenweger, Mark F ^a,b   Bennett, Melanie E ^a,c   Lilenfeld, Lisa R ^a,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031414416     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.4.452     Document Type: Article

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