Self-esteem and delusion proneness

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 455-457

  Warman, Debbie M ^a   Lysaker, Paul H ^b,c   Luedtke, Brandi ^a   Martin, Joel M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delusion proneness; Delusions; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DELUSION PRONENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; THEORY; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANOID DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77953351299     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e086c5     Document Type: Article

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