The relationships among coping styles, personality traits and mental health of chinese medical students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-172

  Wang, Weiling ^a   Miao, Danmin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coping styles; Eysenck personality questionnaire; Medical students; Mental health; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 66849109410     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.2.163     Document Type: Article

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