Confirmatory factor analysis of the three-factor structure of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire and Chapman schizotypy scales

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-304

  Wuthrich, Viviana M ^a,b   Bates, Timothy C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHAPMAN SCHIZOTYPY SCALE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARANOIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE SCALE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 33845619471     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8703_10     Document Type: Article

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