Perfectionism and the five-factor personality traits as predictors of mortality in older adults

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-524

  Fry, Prem S ^a   Debats, Dominique L ^b  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Trinity Western University ^*

Author keywords

Mortality; Perfectionism; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; OPTIMISM; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65349129350     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309103571     Document Type: Article

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