Temperament types are associated with weak self-construct, elevated distress and emotion-oriented coping in schizophrenia: Evidence for a complex vulnerability marker?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-228

  Ritsner, Michael ^a,b   Susser, Ehud ^a  

^a SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Personality traits; Psychiatric disorders; Symptoms; Temperament factors; Trait markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 8544280708     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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