The psychometric detection of schizotypy: Do putative schizotypy indicators identify the same latent class?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-357

  Horan, William P ^a   Gangestad, Steven W ^b   Blanchard, Jack J ^c   Kwapil, Thomas R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGICAL IDEATION SCALE; MALE; PERCEPTUAL ABERRATION SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVISED SOCIAL ANHEDONIA SCALE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3843092692     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.3.339     Document Type: Article

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