The relationship between early personality and midlife psychological well-being: Evidence from a UK birth cohort study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 679-687

  Abbott, Rosemary A ^a   Croudace, Tim J ^a   Ploubidis, George B ^a   Kuh, Diana ^b   Richards, Marcus ^b   Huppert, Felicia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Emotional adjustment; Mental health; Personality; Psychological well being; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 50849101985     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0355-8     Document Type: Article

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