Psychometric properties of an informant personality questionnaire (the HAP) in a sample of older adults in the Netherlands and Belgium

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-629

  Barendse, H P J ^a   Thissen, A J C ^a   Rossi, G ^b   Oei, T I ^c   Van Alphenb, S P J ^d  

^a Psychologists Practice Barendse and Thissen ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Mondriaan Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HAP; Informants; Older adult; Personality; Personality disorders; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CUSTODY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84880148466     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.756458     Document Type: Article

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