Studies on a German (Münster) version of the temperament auto-questionnaire TEMPS-A: Construction and validation of the briefTEMPS-M

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-69

  Erfurth, Andreas ^a,d   Gerlach, Alexander L ^b   Hellweg, Inga ^a   Boenigk, Ines ^a   Michael, Nikolaus ^a   Akiskal, Hagop S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Mood disorder; Personality; Questionnaire; Temperament; TEMPS A; TEMPS M

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS PISA PARIS AND SAN DIEGO AUTOQUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15244349269     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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