Relative constancy of personality characteristics and efficacy of a 12-month training program in facilitating coping strategies

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 773-784

  Norlander, Torsten ^a   Bergman, Henrik ^a   Archer, Trevor ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispositional optimism; Emotional stability; Longitudinal; Original thinking; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036445488     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2002.30.8.773     Document Type: Article

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