Toward a more psychometrically sound brief measure of Schizotypal traits: Introducing the SPQ-Brief revised

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-537

  Cohen, Alex S ^a   Matthews, Russell A ^a   Najolia, Gina M ^a   Brown, Laura A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955674107     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.4.516     Document Type: Article

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