Personality and chronic fatigue syndrome: The role of the five-factor model

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Besharat, Mohammad Ali ^a   Behpajooh, Ahmad ^a   Poursharifi, Hamid ^a   Zarani, Fariba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Five factor model; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH INVENTORY; MODIFIED FATIGUE IMPACT SCALE; NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 79952623306     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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