Creativity and affective temperaments in non-clinical professional artists: An empirical psychometric investigation

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Vellante, Marcello ^a   Zucca, Giulia ^a   Preti, Antonio ^a,b   Sisti, Davide ^c   Rocchi, Marco Bruno Luigi ^c   Akiskal, Kareen K ^d   Akiskal, Hagop S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Genneruxi Medical Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d International Mood Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar spectrum; Creativity; Mood disorders; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; CYCLOTHYMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054991117     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.062     Document Type: Article

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