The psychometric properties of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in an undergraduate sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-93

  Kimonis, Eva R ^a   Branch, Jessica ^a   Hagman, Brett ^a   Graham, Nicole ^a,b   Miller, Cailey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality; Callous unemotional traits; Psychometrics; Psychopathy; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS; LEVENSON SELF REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY REVISED; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875332183     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029024     Document Type: Article

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