Trait meta-mood and affect as predictors of somatic symptoms and life satisfaction

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1786-1795

  Thompson, Brian L ^a   Waltz, Jennifer ^a   Croyle, Kristin ^b   Pepper, Alison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotional intelligence; Life satisfaction; Somatization; Trait meta mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648819685     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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