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ERIC Number: EJ580819
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-1911
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Refining the Measurement of Axis II: A Q-sort Procedure for Assessing Personality Pathology.
Shedler, Jonathan; Westen, Drew
Assessment, v5 n4 p333-53 Dec 1998
Results from a study involving 153 clinicians who used the new Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (a Q-sort approach) and eight patient interviews suggest the usefulness of the SWAP to measure personality disorders and refine categories and criteria according to Axis II of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (American Psychiatric Association). (SLD)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Mental Disorders, Personality Assessment, Psychologists, Q Methodology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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