Dissociation, schizotypy, and fantasy proneness in undergraduate students

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 428-431

  Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Rassin, Eric ^b   Muris, Peter ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033912512     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200007000-00006     Document Type: Article

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