Neuroticism, coping and change in MCMI-II clinical syndromes: Test of a mediator model

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-24

  Vollrath, Margarete ^a   Torgersen, Svenn ^b   Alnæs, Randolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical mental syndromes; Coping; MCMI II; Mediator model; Neuroticism; Personality; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032015978     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00051     Document Type: Article

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