Personality, health, and coping: A cross-national study

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-279

  Wong, Shyh Shin ^a   Lee, Boon Ooi ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b   Ng, Aik Kwang ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Anxiety; Conscientiousness; Coping; Extraversion; Life satisfaction; Neuroticism; Openness to experience; Optimism; Pessimism; Physical symptoms; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949169236     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397109335729     Document Type: Article

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