Socioeconomic status moderates the association between john henryism and NEO PI-R personality domains

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-147

  Stanton, Michael V ^a   Jonassaint, Charles R ^a   Williams, Redford B ^c,d   James, Sherman A ^b  

^a Department of Psychology and Neuroscience ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Coping; Extraversion; John Henryism; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77649084012     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181cdc00e     Document Type: Article

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