A taxometric analysis of type-D personality

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 981-986

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Williams, Lynn ^b   O'Connor, Rory C ^b   Howard, Siobhán ^c   Hughes, Brian M ^c   Johnston, Derek W ^d   Allan, Julia L ^d   O'Connor, Daryl B ^e   Lewis, Christopher A ^f   Grealy, Madeleine A ^g   O'Carroll, Ronan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensional; Functional syndromes; Taxometric analysis; Taxon; Type D

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 72049095309     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181bd888b     Document Type: Article

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