Personality Traits in Late Adolescence Predict Mental Disorders in Early Adulthood: A Prospective-Epidemiological Study

Journal of Personality

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-65

  Krueger, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033070589     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00047     Document Type: Article

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