Stressful life events, personality, and health: An inquiry into hardiness

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 1-11

  Kobasa, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

correlation between personality factors ; physical reactions to stressful life events, 40 49 yr old high stress low illness vs high stress high illness executives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGE; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018369540     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.37.1.1     Document Type: Article

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