A General Factor of Personality (GFP) in the personality disorders: Three studies of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ)

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-311

  Rushton, J Philippe ^a   Irwing, Paul ^b   Booth, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DAPP BQ; Diagnostic and statistical manual; Dimensional assessment of personality pathology; DSM; General factor of personality; GFP

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VARIANCE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955764432     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.4.301     Document Type: Article

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