Personality factors in recently diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients: a preliminary investigation with the NEO-FFI scale

This article describes some prevalent personality dimensions of recently diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients. A sample of 33 female recently diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) was assessed with the NEO-FFI personality scale. Beck depression (BDI) and anxiety (BAI) scales...

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Published in:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Main Authors:	Aline Braz de Lima, Renata Alves Paes, Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações 2015-03-01
Subjects:	esclerose múltipla personalidade NEO-FFI
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015000300200&lng=en&tlng=en

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