Coping, personality and the development of a central pattern of body fat from youth into young adulthood: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 861-868

  Van Lenthe, F J ^a   Snel, J ^b   Twisk, J W R ^a   Van Mechelen, W ^a   Kemper, H C G ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Coping; Fat distribution; Longitudinal; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY FAT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031857619     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800673     Document Type: Article

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