The schizophrenia proneness (SzP) scale: An MMPI-2 measure of schizophrenia liability

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1031-1044

  Bolinskey, P Kevin ^a,b   Gottesman, Irving I ^c   Nichols, David S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Construct validity; Endophenotype; Offspring of schizophrenics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA PRONENESS SCALE; TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041815989     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10187     Document Type: Article

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