Cross-national differences in the assessment of psychopathy: Do they reflect variations in raters' perceptions of symptoms?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-339

  Cooke, David J ^a,c,d   Hart, Stephen D ^b   Michie, Christine ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Douglas Inch Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Douglas Inch Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; EYE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VIDEOTAPE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS;

EID: 4544308152     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.3.335     Document Type: Article

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