Constructs and models in health psychology: The case of personality and illness reporting in diabetes mellitus

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-54

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Clyde, Zoe ^a   Frier, Brian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030892611     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.1997.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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