Dependent personality traits and information processing: Assessing the interpretation of ambiguous information using the Thematic Apperception Test

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-278

  Weertman, Anoek ^a,b   Arntz, Arnoud ^a   Schouten, Erik ^a   Dreessen, Laura ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders VISPD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER BIAS; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM;

ADULT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST;

EID: 33745224115     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466505X85853     Document Type: Article

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