The relationship of psychological well-being to distress and personality

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 268-275

  Ruini, Chiara ^a   Ottolini, Fedra ^a   Rafanelli, Chiara ^a   Tossani, Eliana ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^b   Fava, Giovanni A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Dipartimento di Psicologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Depression; Personality; Psychological well being; Well Being Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0041885245     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071898     Document Type: Article

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