Psychosis-like experiences in the general population: An exploratory factor analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 729-734

  Bradbury, David A ^a   Stirling, John ^a   Cavill, John ^a   Parker, Andrew ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult population; Anomalous experiences; Positive symptoms; Schizotypy; Transpersonal experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849087903     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.035     Document Type: Article

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