The relationship between affective temperaments, defensive styles and depressive symptoms in a large sample

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-65

  Carvalho, André F ^a   Hyphantis, Thomas N ^b   Taunay, Tauily C ^a   Macêdo, Danielle S ^a   Floros, Georgios D ^c   Ottoni, Gustavo L ^d   Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^c   Lara, Diogo R ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Defense mechanisms; Depression; Personality; Temperament; Web survey; Web based research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE AND EMOTIONAL TEMPERAMENT COMPOSITE SCALE; AFFECTIVE TEMPERAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISINHIBITED TEMPERAMENT; DYSPHORIA; EUTHYMIC TEMPERAMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYMIC TEMPERAMENT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TEMPERAMENT; THEORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874524164     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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