The global burden of early life adversity (ELA) is profound. The World Health Organization
has estimated that ELA accounts for almost 30% of all psychiatric cases. Yet, our ability to …

Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of life stress in the past 2 decades
raise several questions concerning traditional diathesis–stress theories of psychopathology …

• A systematic method for clinical description and classification of both normal and abnormal
personality variants is proposed based on a general biosocial theory of personality. Three …

This article examines the influence of daily stressors on mental health in a community
sample. Ss were 166 married couples who completed diaries each day for 6 weeks. In …

Affect intensity is a stable individual difference characteristic defined in terms of the typical
strength of an individual's responsiveness. Evidence is reviewed suggesting that the …

The original Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS) contains 11
nonoverlap** scales assessing specific depression and anxiety symptoms. In creating the …

This article gives an overview of previous work on affect variability, discusses the
methodological shortcomings of research on affect variability, and presents the results of an …

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to validate the Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa,
Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) in a clinical population. METHODS …

BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorders (BP) are frequently diagnosed and treated as pure
depression initially; accurate diagnosis often being delayed by 8 to 10 years. In prospective …

Constructed a hypomanic personality scale (HPS) to identify persons with hypomanic
personality, an overactive, gregarious style associated with episodes of hypomanic euphoria …