Personality and mental health: An investigation of south african police trainees

Psychological Reports

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-316

  Preez, E Du ^a   Cassimjee, N ^b   Lauritz, L E ^c   Ghazinour, M ^c   Richter, J ^d  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHARACTER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 79952662472     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.09.10.20.PR0.108.1.301-316     Document Type: Article

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