Factors of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory: Criterion-related validity and relationship to the BIS/BAS and five-factor models of personality

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-87

  Ross, Scott R ^a,b   Benning, Stephen D ^b   Patrick, Christopher J ^c   Thompson, Angela ^b   Thurston, Amanda ^b  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fearless dominance; Five factor model; Impulsive antisociality; NEO PI R; Personality; Psychopathic Personality Inventory; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849149956     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191108322207     Document Type: Article

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