Self-other disagreement in personality assessment: Significance and prognostic value

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-171

  Mosterman, R M ^a   Hendriks, A A Jolijn ^b  

^a Psychologenpraktijk Elf   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big five; Informant report; Personality; Psychopathology; Self other disagreement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953705062     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.708     Document Type: Article

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