Do maladaptive behaviors exist at one or both ends of personality traits?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 433-446

  Pettersson, Erik ^a   Mendle, Jane ^b   Turkheimer, Eric ^c   Horn, Erin E ^a   Ford, Derek C ^d   Simms, Leonard J ^e   Clark, Lee Anna ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Human Development Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; General factor; Personality disorders; Personality pathology; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-5; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PARANOIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ADOLESCENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901831748     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035587     Document Type: Article

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