Early personality traits as predictors of mortality risk following conjugal bereavement

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-690

  Taga, Keiko A ^a   Friedman, Howard S ^a   Martin, Leslie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 65349123030     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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