Examining the construct validity of the elemental psychopathy assessment

Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Miller, Joshua D ^a   Gaughan, Eric T ^a   Maples, Jessica ^a   Gentile, Brittany ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^b   Widiger, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; five factor model; love styles; personality; personality disorders; psychopathy; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NARCISSISM; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551625686     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110393139     Document Type: Article

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