Health and personality predictors of psychological functioning in a 7-year longitudinal study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 567-573

  Emery, Charles F ^a   Huppert, Felicia A ^b   Schein, Rebecca L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030138479     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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