Level of agreement between self and spouse in the assessment of personality pathology

Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-226

  South, Susan C ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^b   Johnson, Jarrod ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; informant; pathological personality; spouse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPOUSES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955884043     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110394772     Document Type: Article

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