Positive affectivity, psychological well-being, accident- and traffic-deaths, and suicide: An international comparison

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Kirkcaldy, Bruce ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b  

^a International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident rates; Cross cultural; Positive affect; Psychological well being; Social epidemiology; Suicide; Traffic deaths

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034393525     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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