Millon's dimensional model of personality disorders: A comparative study

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-57

  Mullins Sweatt, Stephanie N ^a   Widiger, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDITY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247356964     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2007.21.1.42     Document Type: Article

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