Clinician-Guided Assessment of Personality Using the Structural Interview and the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO)

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 30-42

  Hörz Sagstetter, Susanne ^a   Caligor, Eve ^b   Preti, Emanuele ^c   Stern, Barry L ^d   De Panfilis, Chiara ^e   Clarkin, John F ^f  

^a Psychologische Hochschule   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85017105723     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1298115     Document Type: Article

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