Typus melancholicus personality type and the five-factor model of personality

Psychopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 327-334

  Kronmüller, Klaus Thomas ^a   Backenstrass, Matthias ^b   Kocherscheidt, Karen ^b   Hunt, Aoife ^b   Unger, Jörg ^b   Fiedler, Peter ^b   Mundt, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Five factor model of personality; Test validation; Typus melancholicus personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036991225     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068596     Document Type: Article

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