Clinical and personality traits in emotional disorders: Evidence of a common framework

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 758-767

  Mahaffey, Brittain L ^a   Watson, David ^b   Clark, Lee Anna ^b   Kotov, Roman ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical traits; Neuroticism; Personality taxonomy; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPERAMENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; EMOTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989278473     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000187     Document Type: Article

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