The affective personality: Its relation to quality of sleep, well-being and stress

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 709-722

  Norlander, Torsten ^a   Johansson, Åsa ^a   Bood, Sven Åke ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affective personality; Circadian rhythm; Quality of sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644470042     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.7.709     Document Type: Article

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