Agreement between informant and self-reported personality in depressed older adults: What are the roles of medical illness and cognitive function?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1000-1006

  Hoerger, Michael ^a   Chapman, Benjamin ^a   Ma, Yan ^a   Tu, Xin ^a   Useda, J David ^a   Hirsch, Jameson ^a   Duberstein, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Informant reporting; Medical illness; Older adults; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 82955196697     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023213     Document Type: Article

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