A novel approach to assess inter-rater reliability in the use of the Overt Aggression Scale-Modified

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-159

  Endicott, Jean ^a   Tracy, Katherine ^b,c   Burt, David ^b   Olson, Evelyn ^b   Coccaro, Emil F ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Division of Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Inter rater reliability; Mood rating scale; Overt Aggression Scale Modified

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037057979     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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