Taxonic structure of schizotypal personality in nonclinical subjects: Issues of replicability and age consistency

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Fossati, Andrea ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b   Borroni, Serena ^a   Maffei, Cesare ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental consistency; Latent structure; Schizotypy; Taxometric analyses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 34547693003     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.04.019     Document Type: Article

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