Women's well-being: The role of individual differences: Personality and social sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a   Barelds, Dick P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demographics; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 67651174361     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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