An application of item response theory to the DSM-III-R criteria for borderline personality disorder

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-433

  Feske, Ulrike ^a   Kirisci, Levent ^a   Tarter, Ralph E ^a   Pilkonis, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548040907     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2007.21.4.418     Document Type: Article

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