Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 262-266 , 30 December 2009

A psychometric evaluation of the Personality Assessment Inventory – short form clinical scales in an inpatient psychiatric sample

  • Samuel J. Sinclair

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Psychological Evaluation and Research Laboratory (PEaRL), 1 Bowdoin Square, 7th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Caleb J. Siefert

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Psychological Evaluation and Research Laboratory (PEaRL), 1 Bowdoin Square, 7th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Hal S. Shorey

      Affiliations

    • Widener University, Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Chester, PA, USA
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  • Daniel Antonius

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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  • Andrew Shiva

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA
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  • Kendra Kehl-Fie

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Psychological Evaluation and Research Laboratory (PEaRL), 1 Bowdoin Square, 7th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Mark A. Blais

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Psychological Evaluation and Research Laboratory (PEaRL), 1 Bowdoin Square, 7th Floor, Boston, MA, USA

Received 7 June 2008 ,Revised 17 October 2008 ,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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PII: S0165-1781(08)00402-2

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.11.001

Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 262-266 , 30 December 2009

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