Development and preliminary validation of a new measure to assess shame: The shame inventory

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-447

  Rizvi, Shireen L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emotion; Guilt; Psychopathology; Reliability; Shame; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SHAME; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77956058003     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-009-9172-y     Document Type: Article

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