Delineating the structure of normal and abnormal personality: An integrative hierarchical approach

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-157

  Markon, Kristian E ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Watson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; STUDENT;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 12344284939     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.139     Document Type: Article

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