Using the Karolinska Scales of Personality on male juvenile delinquents: Relationships between scales and factor structure

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 448-456

  Dåderman, Anna M ^a,b   Hellström, Åke ^a   Wennberg, Peter ^a,c   Törestad, Bertil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Juvenile delinquents in correctional institutions; KSP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRISON; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 29144480117     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480500360708     Document Type: Article

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