Assessing personality to explore relations with health

Assessment in Behavioral Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 195-214

  Martin, Leslie R ^a   Friedman, Howard S ^b  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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