Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Psychopathy Construct: Methodological and Conceptual Issues

The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 79-104

  Neumann, Craig S ^a   Kosson, David S ^b   Salekin, Randy T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315085470-4     Document Type: Chapter

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