Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , March 2005

The relationship of Kraepelian affective temperaments (as measured by TEMPS-I) to the tridimensional personality questionnaire (TPQ)

  • I. Maremmani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotecnology, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy
    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Carrara, Italy
    • Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-050-993045; fax: +39-050-21581.
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  • H.S. Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • International Mood Disorder Center, Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • S. Signoretta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotecnology, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy
    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Carrara, Italy
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  • A. Liguori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotecnology, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy
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  • G. Perugi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotecnology, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy
    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Carrara, Italy
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  • R. Cloninger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

Received 22 January 2003 ,Accepted 20 March 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00099-5

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , March 2005

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