Personality as predictor of mental health and happiness in the East and West

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-403

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Cheng, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001178516     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00250-5     Document Type: Article

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