External validity of the personality assessment inventory (PAI) in a clinical sample

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 593-600

  Slavin Mulford, Jenelle ^a   Sinclair, Samuel Justin ^a   Stein, Michelle ^a   Malone, Johanna ^a   Bello, Iruma ^b   Blais, Mark A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871288001     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2012.681817     Document Type: Article

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