Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 229-243 , 15 April 2002

Application of the seven-factor model of personality to early childhood

  • John N Constantino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8134, 660 South Euclid Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-314-747-6772; fax: +1-314-747-6777
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  • C.Robert Cloninger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8134, 660 South Euclid Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Adrian R Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8134, 660 South Euclid Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Bahar Hashemi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8134, 660 South Euclid Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Thomas Przybeck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8134, 660 South Euclid Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA

Received 17 May 2001 ,Revised 2 January 2002 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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