Social control of health behavior: Associations with conscientiousness and neuroticism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1143-1152

  Tucker, Joan S ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Klein, David J ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Conscientiousness; Health behaviors; Neuroticism; Social control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33747112355     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206289728     Document Type: Article

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