Altruism versus self-centredness in the personality of depressives in the 1950s and 1990s

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 157-164

  Mundt, Ch ^a   Schroeder, A ^a   Backenstrass, M ^a  

^a Centre for Psychosocial Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Depression; Narcissism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NARCISSISM; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SELF CENTEREDNESS; SOCIETY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALTRUISM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EGO; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 58149085087     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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