Locus of control, neuroticism, and stressors: Combined influences on reported physical illness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-204

  Horner, Karen L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030211083     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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