Personality, Chronic Medical Morbidity, and Health-Related Quality of Life among Older Persons

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-546

  Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic morbidity; Health related quality of life; Mastery; Neuroticism; Personality; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031262687     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.6.539     Document Type: Article

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