Personality disorders as maladaptive variants of common personality traits: Implications for treatment

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-282

  Wldiger, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EXPERIENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; MALADJUSTMENT; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 0031471660     PISSN: 00220116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025662407740     Document Type: Article

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