Abductive inferences to psychological variables: Steiger's question and best explanations of psychopathy

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1069-1088

  Markus, Keith A ^a   Hawes, Samuel W ^a,b   Thasites, Rula J ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abductive inference; Factor analysis; Positivism; Pragmatism; Realism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHY; THINKING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 52049083458     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20508     Document Type: Article

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