The attitude to personality disorder questionnaire: Psychometric properties and results

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-293

  Bowers, Len ^a   Allan, Teresa ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745199652     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2006.20.3.281     Document Type: Article

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