Personality traits and health-risk behaviours in university students

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 675-696

  Hong, Ryan Y ^a   Paunonen, Sampo V ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Big Five; Five factor model; Health risk behaviours; Personality traits; Risk taking; Tobacco consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350733542     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.736     Document Type: Article

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