Neuroticism and mental health outcomes for long-term unemployed youth attending occupational skills training programs

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 537-544

  Creed, P A ^a   Machin, M A ^b   Hicks, R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 16144366215     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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