The effects of neuroticism and extraversion on self-assessed health and health-relevant cognition

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Williams, Paula G ^a   O'Brien, Cathleen D ^b   Colder, Craig R ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Health cognition; Neuroticism; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942595753     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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