Cross-cultural validity of the I7 impulsiveness-venturesomeness- empathy scales: Evidence from the Italian I7

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-452

  Russo, Paolo Maria ^a   Leone, Luigi ^b   De Pascalis, Vilfredo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DICKMANS DYSFUNCTIONAL IMPULSIVITY SCALE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IMPULSIVENESS VENTURESOMENESS EMPATHY SCALE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PLOTS AND CURVES; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; EMPATHY; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959288627     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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