A test of the construct validity of the elemental psychopathy assessment scores in a community sample of adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 555-562

  Miller, Joshua D ^a   Hyatt, Courtland S ^a   Rausher, Steven ^a   Maples, Jessica L ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Externalizing behaviors; Personality traits; Psychopathy; Self report assessments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; ELEMENTAL PSYCHOPATHY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84901823310     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035952     Document Type: Article

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