Personality disorder clusters and the Defence Style Questionnaire

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Sinha, Birendra K ^a   Watson, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1642394930     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608304322874254     Document Type: Article

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