Temperament and melancholic type: Path analysis of a prospective study of depressive mood change in a nonclinical population

Psychopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Sakai, Yoshie ^a   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^b,c   Kawamura, Yoshiya ^c   Matsumoto, Satoko ^b   Tominaga, Maki ^e   Kurabayashi, Lumie ^f   Miyake, Yuko ^d   Akiskal, Kareen ^g   Akiskal, Hagop ^g  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanto Medical Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^g International Mood Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping styles; Depression; Dysfunctional attitude; Melancholic type; Path analysis; Personality; Temperament; Temperament evaluation of memphis, Pisa, Paris and san diego autoquestionnaire version

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD CHANGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUNICH PERSONALITY TEST; PATH ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS PISA PARIS AND SAN DIEGO AUTOQUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 66749171727     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224148     Document Type: Article

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