An item-level psychometric analysis of the personality assessment inventory: Clinical scales in a psychiatric inpatient unit

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-383

  Siefert, Caleb J ^a   Sinclair, Samuel J ^a   Kehl Fie, Kendra A ^a   Blais, Mark A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatient assessment; Multi item Multi trait Analysis Program; Personality assessment; Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI); Psychiatric inpatients; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 70449723062     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109333756     Document Type: Article

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