Personality, Social Networks, and Perceived Social Support among Alcoholics: A Structural Equation Analysis

Journal of Personality

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 649-692

  Russell, Daniel W ^c   Booth, Brenda ^d   Reed, David ^a   Laughlin, Philip R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IOWA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031216461     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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