Is antisocial personality disorder continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1571-1581

  Marcus, David K ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^b   Edens, John F ^c   Poythress, Norman G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750078664     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706008245     Document Type: Article

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