Epidemiological personology: The unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors

Journal of Personality

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 967-998

  Krueger, Robert F ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b N414 Elliott Hall ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK-TAKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034544261     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00123     Document Type: Article

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