A comparison of the psychometric properties of the psychopathic personality inventory full-length and short-form versions

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-267

  Kastner, Rebecca M ^a   Sellbom, Martin ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PPI; Psychopathic personality inventory; Psychopathy; Short forms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL EMPATHY SCALE; EMOTIONALITY ACTIVITY SOCIABILITY IMPULSIVITY TEMPERAMENT SURVEY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVENSONS SELF-REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE; MACHIAVELLIANISM INVENTORY IV; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTION; PRISON; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY SHORT FORM; PSYCHOPATHY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE II; SENSATION-SEEKING SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863107098     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025832     Document Type: Article

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