Sense of coherence and five-factor approach to personality conceptual relationships

European Psychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Feldt, Taru ^a   Metsäpelto, Riitta Leena ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^a   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Neuroticism; Openness to experiences; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548240774     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.12.3.165     Document Type: Article

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