Seasonal mood change and personality: An investigation of genetic co- morbidity

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Jang, Kerry L ^a   Lam, Raymond W ^a   Harris, Julie A ^b   Vernon, Philip A ^b   Livesley, W John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circannual rhythms; Five factor model; Heredity; Personality disorder; Seasonal affective disorder; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0032549777     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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