Taxometric analyses of paranoid and schizoid personality disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-132

  Ahmed, Anthony Olufemi ^a   Green, Bradley Andrew ^b   Buckley, Peter Francis ^a   McFarland, Megan Elizabeth ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent structure; Paranoid; Personality disorders; Schizoid; Schizophrenia spectrum; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 84860631579     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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