Fitness costs and benefits of personality disorder traits

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Gutiérrez, Fernando ^a,b   Gárriz, Miguel ^a   Peri, Josep M ^a   Ferraz, Liliana ^c   Sol, Daniel ^d   Navarro, Jose Blas ^d   Barbadilla, Antonio ^d   Valdés, Manuel ^a,b,e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fitness; Life History Strategies; Personality; Personality Disorder; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871799577     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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