Personality traits and social behaviors predict the psychological adjustment of Chinese people with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 493-500

  Ma, Tracy M K ^a   Hou, Wai Kai ^a   Hung, Anchor ^b   Lee, Tatia M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chinese; Depression; Epilepsy; Personality; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE SURVEY SCHEDULE; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957283604     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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