A before and after study on personality assessment in adolescents exposed to the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy: Influence of sports practice

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Valenti, Marco ^a   Vinciguerra, Maria Giulia ^a   Masedu, Francesco ^a   Tiberti, Sergio ^a   Sconci, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Agency of the National Health System   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; SPORT;

EID: 84863680010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000824     Document Type: Article

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