Pessimistic explanatory style and response to illness

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 243-248

  Lin, Emily H ^a   Peterson, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0025345082     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(90)90007-6     Document Type: Article

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