Clinical Utility of a Dimensional Model of Personality Disorder

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-494

  Widiger, Thomas A ^a   Mullins Sweatt, Stephanie N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical; Clinical utility; Dimensional; Five factor model; Personality disorder; Protoype

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650968838     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021694     Document Type: Article

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