The psychopathy Q-Sort: Construct validity evidence in a nonclinical sample

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality assessment, peer reports; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; Q-SORT; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846888051     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106290792     Document Type: Article

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