Neuroticism, psychiatric symptoms and life events

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-107

  Whittington, Joyce E ^a   Huppert, Felicia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPI; GHQ 30; Life events; Neuroticism; Psychiatric symptoms; Stress; Structural equations model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031608025     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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