A longitudinal analysis of personality disorder dimensions and personality traits in a community sample of older adults: Perspectives from selves and informants

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-165

  Cooper, Luke D ^a   Balsis, Steve ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84899664477     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2014.28.1.151     Document Type: Article

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