Development and preliminary validation of the level of care index (LOCI) from the personality assessment inventory (PAI) in a psychiatric sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 606-617

  Sinclair, Samuel Justin ^a,f   Slavin Mulford, Jenelle ^a   Antonius, Daniel ^b,c   Stein, Michelle B ^a   Siefert, Caleb J ^d   Haggerty, Greg ^e   Malone, Johanna C ^a   O'Keefe, Sheila ^a   Blais, Mark A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^e NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Level of Care Index; LOCI; PAI; Personality assessment inventory; Ppsychiatric hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DETENTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEVEL OF CARE INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT; PARANOIA; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882572567     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032085     Document Type: Article

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