Dynamics of self-esteem in "poor-me "bad-me" paranoia

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 777-783

  Udachina, Alisa ^a   Varese, Filippo ^b   Oorschot, Margreet ^c   Myin Germeys, Inez ^c   Bentall, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

deservedness; Experience Sampling Method; paranoia; Schizophrenia; self esteem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84865863840     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318266ba57     Document Type: Article

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