Neuroticism and type a behavior pattern in healthy italian blue-collar workers

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Sanavio, Ezio ^a   Bertolotti, Giorgio ^b   Vidotto, Giulio ^a   Zotti, Anna Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue collar worker; Psychological trait; Type A behavior pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0029665332     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289066     Document Type: Article

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