Detecting Over- and Underreporting of Psychopathology With the Spanish-Language Personality Assessment Inventory: Findings From a Simulation Study With Bilingual Speakers

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-194

  Fernandez, Krissie ^a   Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Noland, Ramona M ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

multicultural assessment; Personality Assessment Inventory; Spanish translation; validity scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTILINGUALISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45449097089     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.189     Document Type: Article

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