Selecting the most informative items in the IIP scales for personality disorders: An application of item response theory

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-174

  Kim, Yookyung ^a   Pilkonis, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0033045490     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.1999.13.2.157     Document Type: Article

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