Personality characteristics of multiple sclerosis patients: A Rorschach investigation

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 629-632

  Ožura, Ana ^a   Erdberg, Philip ^b   Šega, Saša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping styles; Health behavior; Multiple sclerosis; Personality; Personality assessment; Rorschach Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF ESTEEM; SUICIDE; THOUGHT DISORDER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; RORSCHACH TEST; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77955657838     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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