Assessing male batterers with the personality assessment inventory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Chambers, Anthony L ^a,b   Wilson, Melvin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BATTERING; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; POSITIVE IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

EID: 33847119515     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8801_08     Document Type: Article

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