Personality, life events and the course of anxiety and depression

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 443-452

  Spinhoven, Philip ^a,b   Roelofs, Karin ^a   Hovens, Jacqueline Gfm ^b   Elzinga, Bernet M ^a   van Oppen, Patricia ^c   Zitman, Frans G ^b   Penninx, Brenda Wjh ^b,c,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Extraversion; Life events; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255169043     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.808     Document Type: Article

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