Using a general model of personality to understand sex differences in the personality disorders

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-602

  Lynam, Donald R ^a,c   Widiger, Thomas A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NARCISSISM; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHARACTER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37149041433     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2007.21.6.583     Document Type: Article

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