Personality traits measured by the Swedish universities Scales of Personality: Factor structure and position within the five-factor model in an Estonian sample

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-236

  Aluoja, Anu ^a   Voogne, Helina ^a   Maron, Eduard ^a   Gustavsson, J Petter ^b   Võhma, Ülle ^c   Shlik, Jakov ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c North Estonia Medical Centre   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Five factor model; Personality; Psychopathology; Swedish universities Scales of Personality (SSP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ESTONIA; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NEO PI R TEST; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SWEDISH UNIVERSITIES SCALES OF PERSONALITY; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESTONIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349571747     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480802571036     Document Type: Article

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