Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 169-180 , March 2005

Affective temperament traits measured by TEMPS-I and emotional-behavioral problems in clinically-well children, adolescents, and young adults

  • Salvatore Signoretta

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Carrara, Italy
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  • Icro Maremmani

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Carrara, Italy
    • ,
  • Giulio Perugi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Carrara, Italy
    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Hagop S. Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego and Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA

Received 7 September 2002 ,Accepted 18 February 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00100-9

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 169-180 , March 2005

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