Testing whether the DSM-5 personality disorder trait model can be measured with a reduced set of items: An item response theory investigation of the personality inventory for DSM-5

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1195-1210

  Maples, Jessica L ^a   Carter, Nathan T ^a   Few, Lauren R ^b   Crego, Cristina ^c   Gore, Whitney L ^c   Samuel, Douglas B ^d   Williamson, Rachel L ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^d   Widiger, Thomas A ^c   Markon, Kristian E ^e   Krueger, Robert F ^f   Miller, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; DSM 5; Personality; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DSM-5; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY FOR DSM-5; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84926375314     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000120     Document Type: Article

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