The junior temperament and character inventory: Italian validation of a questionnaire for the measurement of personality from ages 6 to 16 years

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 884-892

  Andriola, Elda ^a   Donfrancesco, Renato ^b   Zaninotto, Sabrina ^c   Di Trani, Michela ^d   Cruciani, Anna C ^b   Innocenzi, Margherita ^b   Marano, Assunta ^d   Pommella, Lucia ^e   Cloninger, Claud R ^f  

^a Beck Institute   (Italy)

^b SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Villa Delle Querce Clinical Rehabilitation Institute   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Giugliano in Campania Primary School   (Italy)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUNIOR TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHARACTER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84864116964     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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