A prospective study of stability and change over 2 years of affective temperaments in 14-18 year-old Italian high school students

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Placidi, G F ^a   Maremmani, I ^a   Signoretta, S ^a   Liguori, A ^a   Akiskal, H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective temperaments; Cyclothymic; Depressive and irritable temperaments; Hyperthymic; Instability; Semistructured interview; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032468838     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00182-7     Document Type: Article

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