Personality assessment among older adults: The value of personality questionnaires unraveled

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 936-940

  Rossi, Gina ^a   Van Den Broeck, Joke ^a   Dierckx, Eva ^a,b   Segal, Daniel L ^c   Van Alphen, Sebastiaan P J ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Alexian Brothers Hospital   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Mondriaan Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; STANDARDS;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS;

EID: 84908572949     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.924089     Document Type: Review

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