On Energy, Personality, and Health: Subjective Vitality as a Dynamic Reflection of Well-Being

Journal of Personality

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 529-565

  Ryan, Richard M ^a   Frederick, Christina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031216460     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00326.x     Document Type: Article

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