Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 34-42 , December 2009

Personality profiles and minor affective psychopathology in a non-clinical sample: An empirical verification of Cloninger's theoretical model

  • Manuel Gurpegui

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry and Neurosciences Research Group (CTS-549), Institute of Neurosciences, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Dolores Jurado

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry and Neurosciences Research Group (CTS-549), Institute of Neurosciences, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • M. Carmen Fernández-Molina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Obdulia Moreno-Abril

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan D. Luna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Renato D. Alarcón

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 507 284 3352; fax: +1 507 255 9415.

Received 20 June 2008 ,Revised 23 February 2009 ,Accepted 3 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.006

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 34-42 , December 2009

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