An interview to measure vital exhaustion. II. Reliability and validity of the interview and correlations of vital exhaustion with personality characteristics

Psychology and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 573-581

  Meesters, C ^a,b   Appels, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hostility; Interview; Myocardial infarction; Type a behavior; Vital exhaustion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030558907     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608401990     Document Type: Article

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