Personality types and risky health behaviors in Norwegian students: Health and disability

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-292

  Vollrath, Margarete E ^a,b   Torgersen, Svenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Big three; Personality types; Risky health behaviors; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROL; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 42449100032     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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