Effect of age and gender on schizotypal personality traits in the normal population

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-669

  Bora, Emre ^a   Baysan Arabaci, Leyla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349337035     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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