Higher-order dimensions of personality disorder: Hierarchical structure and relationships with the five-factor model, the interpersonal circle, and psychopathy

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 597-623

  Blackburn, Ronald ^a   Logan, Caroline ^a   Renwick, Stanley J D ^b   Donnelly, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Duchess of Kent's Military Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c State Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645240100     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2005.19.6.597     Document Type: Article

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