A hierarchical integration of dispositional determinants of general health in students: The Big Five, trait Emotional Intelligence and Humour Styles

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1562-1573

  Greven, Corina ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Arteche, Adriane ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five; General Health; Humour Styles; Trait Emotional Intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649115981     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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