The distressed personality type: Replicability and general health associations

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 911-929

  Chapman, Benjamin P ^a,b   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Personality and Development ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiological personology; Five factor model; General health; Older adults; Primary care; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349028564     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.645     Document Type: Article

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