Non-expert's theories of three major personality disorders

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-56

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Kirkby, Victoria ^a   Mcclelland, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78851469308     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.150     Document Type: Article

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