A Comparison of MMPI-2 Measures of Psychopathic Deviance in a Forensic Setting

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Sellbom, Martin ^a   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a   Stafford, Kathleen P ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Psycho Diagnostic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

forensic assessment; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI 2); psychopathy; Restructured Clinical (RC) scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL SCALE 4; CONTENT SCALE ANTISOCIAL PRACTICES; COURT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FIVE SCALE DISCONSTRAINT; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST SCREENING VERSION; RATING SCALE; RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL SCALE 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CRIME; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38349114506     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.4.430     Document Type: Article

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