Personality Disorder and Spouse Assault
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Level of agreement between self and spouse in the assessment of personality pathology.
Informant reports can provide important information regarding the presence of pathological personality traits, and they can serve as useful supplements to self-report instruments. Ratings from a spouse may be a particularly valuable source of personality assessment because spouses are very well acquainted with the target person, have typically known the person for a long time, and witness behav...
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