Gender bias in the diagnosis of personality disorders: The roles of base rates and social stereotypes

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-446

  Flanagan, Elizabeth H ^a   Blashfield, Roger K ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0242490116     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.17.5.431.22974     Document Type: Article

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