Origins of individual differences in anxiety proneness: A twin/adoption study of the anxiety-related scales from the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP)

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 460-469

  Gustavsson, J P ^a,c   Pedersen, N L ^a,b   Asberg M ^a   Schalling, D ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Anxiety; Neuroticism; Personality; Rating scale; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; SWEDEN; TENSION; TWINS;

EID: 0029998168     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10678.x     Document Type: Article

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