Construct validation of a self-report psychopathy scale: Does Levenson's self-report psychopathy scale measure the same constructs as Hare's psychopathy checklist-revised?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1021-1038

  Brinkley, Chad A ^a   Schmitt, William A ^a   Smith, Steven S ^b   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validation; Criminal activity; Passive avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511514     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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