A factor analytic study of the hypomanic personality scale in British, Spanish and Australian samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-84

  Rawlings, David ^a   Barrantes Vidal, Neus ^b   Claridge, Gordon ^c   McCreery, Charles ^d   Galanos, Georgina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Psychophysical Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Factor analysis; Hypomania; Hypomanic personality scale; Psychosis proneness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033632884     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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