Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 25-31 , January 2005

Personality–life event congruence effects in late-life depression

  • Jennifer Q. Morse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Now at Personality Studies, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. Tel.: +1 412 246 5838; fax: +1 412 246 5840.
    • ,
  • Clive J. Robins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, United States

Received 10 February 2004 ,Accepted 14 September 2004.

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PII: S0165-0327(04)00372-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.09.007

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 25-31 , January 2005

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