Assessment of personality organization in couple relationships: Factorial structure of the inventory of personality organization and incremental validity over neuroticism

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-95

  Verreault, Melissa ^a   Sabourin, Stéphane ^a   Lussier, Yvan ^b   Normandin, Lina ^a   Clarkin, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COUPLES THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEBEC; REALITY TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPOUSES;

EID: 84872023221     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2012.713883     Document Type: Article

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