Personality subtypes in adolescent and adult children of alcoholics: A two-part study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 487-498

  Hinrichs, Jonathan ^a   Defife, Jared ^b   Westen, Drew ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children of alcoholics; Personality subtypes; Q factor analysis; Shelder Westen Assessment Procedure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; AWKWARD; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION; EXTERNALIZATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERCONSCIENTIOUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF DEFEATING PERSONALITY; SEXUALIZATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79959904287     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182214268     Document Type: Article

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