The NEO-FFI in multiple sclerosis: Internal consistency, factorial validity, and correspondence between self and informant reports

Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Schwartz, Eben S ^a   Chapman, Benjamin P ^b   Duberstein, Paul R ^b   Weinstock Guttman, Bianca ^c   Benedict, Ralph H B ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model of Personality; multiple sclerosis; NEO FFI; personality assessment; psychometrics; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551627849     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110368482     Document Type: Article

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