Establishing the validity of the personality assessment inventory drug and alcohol scales in a corrections sample

Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-59

  Patry, Marc W ^a   Magaletta, Philip R ^b   Diamond, Pamela M ^c   Weinman, Beth A ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol assessment; corrections; drug assessment; PAI; validity

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79551646904     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110368484     Document Type: Article

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