Personality and health: Current evidence, potential mechanisms, and future directions

The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment: Volume 1 - Personality Theories and Models

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 635-658

  Williams, Paula G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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