The Psychometric Properties and Utility of the Short Sadistic Impulse Scale (SSIS)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 523-531

  O'Meara, Aisling ^a   Davies, Jason ^b,c   Hammond, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cumulative scale; Measurement; Sadism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SADISM; SADISTIC ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SADISTIC IMPULSE SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SADISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959285437     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022400     Document Type: Article

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