Cross-cultural studies of personality traits and their relevance to psychiatry

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-184

  Terracciano, Antonio ^a   McCrae, Robert R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Personality; Personality disorders; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; ITALY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33751238176     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00004425     Document Type: Review

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