The Possibilities of Personality Psychology and Persons for the Study of Health

Handbook of Personality and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 235-255

  Ouellette, Suzanne C ^a   Frost, David M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health research; Mid adulthood; Personality psychology; Physical illness; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949121995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713860.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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