Agreeableness and the self-regulation of negative affect: Findings involving the neuroticism/somatic distress relationship

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2137-2148

  Ode, Scott ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Effortful control; Neuroticism; Self regulation; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548827051     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.035     Document Type: Article

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