Personality, psychopathology and nightmares in young people

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 733-744

  Roberts, Jan ^a   Lennings, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Nightmares; Personality; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745850436     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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