The Iowa Personality Disorder Screen: Preliminary results of the validation of a self-administered version in a Dutch population

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Germans, Sara ^a   VanHeck, Guus L ^b   Langbehn, Douglas R ^c   Hodiamont, Paul P G ^b  

^a Nord Trøndelag Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality disorders; Psychometrics; Reliability; Screening instrument; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949107452     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000003     Document Type: Article

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