Development of the supernormality scale-revised and its relationship with psychopathy

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 975-981

  Cima, Maaike ^a   Van Bergen, Saskia ^a   Kremer, Karl ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Forensic Psychiatry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Psychopathy; Supernormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47349101900     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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