The type-D scale (DS14) - Norms and prevalence of type-D personality in a population-based representative sample in Germany

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 935-939

  Grande, Gesine ^a   Romppel, Matthias ^a   Glaesmer, Heide ^b   Petrowski, Katja ^c   Herrmann Lingen, Christoph ^d  

^a LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DS14; Psychometric properties; Representative sample; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950337814     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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