Evaluator differences in psychopathy checklist-revised factor and facet scores

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-345

  Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Murrie, Daniel C ^b   Rufino, Katrina A ^c   Gardner, Brett O ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluator differences; field reliability; Psychopathy Checklist Revised; rater agreement; workshop training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84905695304     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000069     Document Type: Article

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