The Shedler and Westen Assessment Procedure From the Perspective of General Personality Structure

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 618-623

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; five factor model; personality disorder; SWAP 200

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PERSONALITY STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; SHEDLER AND WESTERN ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE;

EID: 34548842468     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.116.3.618     Document Type: Article

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