The type A/B behaviour pattern in samples of urban and rural men

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-27

  Espnes, Geir Arild ^a   Mellam, Albert Conrad ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TYPE A PERSONALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035257975     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.1.23     Document Type: Article

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