Depression and Vulnerability As Assessed by the Rorschach Method

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-255

  Hartmann, Ellen ^a   Wang, Catharina E ^b   Berg, Marit ^c   Sæther, Line ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0346325998     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8103_07     Document Type: Article

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