Empirical evidence for a four factor framework of personality disorder organization: Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis of the millon clinical multiaxial inventory-iii personality disorder scales across Belgian and danish data samples

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-150

  Rossi, Gina ^c   Elklit, Ask ^a   Simonsen, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; DENMARK; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949290471     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.1.128     Document Type: Article

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