Association between childhood maltreatment and normal adult personality traits: Exploration of an understudied field

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-14

  Hengartner, Michael P ^a   Cohen, Lisa J ^b   Rodgers, Stephanie ^a   Müller, Mario ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a,c   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84925581276     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2014_28_143     Document Type: Article

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