Personality compensates for impaired quality of life and social functioning in patients with psychotic disorders who experienced traumatic events

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1356-1365

  Boyette, Lindy Lou ^a   Van Dam, Daniella ^a   Meijer, Carin ^a   Velthorst, Eva ^a   Cahn, Wiepke ^b   De Haan, Lieuwe ^a   Kahn, Rene ^b   Van Os, Jim ^c   Wiersma, Durk ^d   Bruggeman, Richard ^d   Myin Germeys, Inez ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; psychosis; resilience; trauma; well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 84906340570     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu057     Document Type: Article

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