Neuroticism: Moderator or mediator in the relation between locus of control and depression?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-258

  Clarke, Dave ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Depression; Locus of control; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042689407     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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