Refining personality disorder subtypes and classification using finite mixture modeling

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-128

  Yun, Rebecca J ^a   Stern, Barry L ^b   Lenzenweger, Mark F ^a   Tiersky, Lana A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

finite mixture modeling; heterogeneity; object relations theory; personality disorder; taxonomic classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876121168     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029944     Document Type: Article

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