Personality types, coping, and stress in the Norwegian police service

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 971-982

  Lau, Bjørn ^a   Hem, Erlend ^b   Berg, Anne Marie ^b,c   Ekeberg, Øivind ^b   Torgersen, Svenn ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Norway; Personality; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745997673     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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