The Highly Sensitive Person: Stress and physical symptom reports

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1433-1440

  Benham, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Highly sensitive person; Personality; Physical symptoms; Sensitivity; Sensory defensiveness; Sensory processing sensitivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644804957     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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