Psychometric characteristics of Cloninger's criteria for personality disorder in a population of French prisoners

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  Pelissolo, Antoine ^a,b   Ecochard, Pierre ^c,d   Falissard, Bruno ^c,d,e  

^a CNRS UMR 7593 Vulnerabilite Adaptation et Psychopathologie   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Personality disorder; Prisoners; Temperament; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CRITERION VARIABLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 44449101820     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.239     Document Type: Article

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