Personality functioning in patients with a progressive course of multiple sclerosis

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 629-646

  Lorio, Rita ^a   Moressa, Giuseppe ^a   Meneghello, Francesca ^a   Salcuni, Silvia ^b   Stabile, Maria Rosaria ^a   Zennaro, Alessandro ^c   Ferro, Laura ^c   Tonin, Paolo ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Università degli Studi di Aosta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RORSCHACH TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE;

EID: 78649462915     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.09.15.19.PR0.107.5.629-646     Document Type: Article

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