Prediction of all-cause mortality by the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory optimism-pessimism scale scores: Study of a college sample during a 40-year follow-up period

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1541-1544

  Brummett, Beverly H ^a   Helms, Michael J ^a   Dahlstrom, W Grant ^b   Siegler, Ilene C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33845327863     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.12.1541     Document Type: Article

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