Type A behaviour, problem-solving style and health in male and female managers

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Cassidy, Tony ^a   Dhillon, Rhami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANAGER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030886726     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.1997.tb00537.x     Document Type: Article

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