Contributions to the dimensional assessment of personality disorders using Millon's model and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III)

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-69

  Strack, Stephen ^a,c   Millon, Theodore ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology   (United States)

^c VA LAACC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 34547742242     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701357217     Document Type: Review

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