An empirical examination of distributional assumptions underlying the relationship between personality disorder symptoms and personality traits

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 699-706

  Wright, Aidan G C ^a   Pincus, Aaron L ^a   Lenzenweger, Mark F ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Count regression; Hurdle models; Personality disorders; Personality traits; Zero inflated distributions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873505518     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029042     Document Type: Article

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