Assessment of fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality via normal personality measures: Convergent validity, criterion validity, and developmental change

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Witt, Edward A ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Blonigen, Daniel M ^b,c   Krueger, Robert F ^d   Conger, Rand D ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION VALIDITY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549112880     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890902794317     Document Type: Article

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