Personality and health, subjective well-being, and longevity

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-216

  Friedman, Howard S ^a   Kern, Margaret L ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76149114922     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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