The role of neuroticism and extraversion in the stress-anxiety and stress-depression relationships

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-381

  Uliaszek, Amanda A ^a   Zinbarg, Richard E ^a   Mineka, Susan ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^b   Sutton, Jonathan M ^a   Griffith, James W ^a   Rose, Raphael ^b   Waters, Allison ^b   Hammen, Constance ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Chronic life stress; Depression; Extraversion; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952169594     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800903377264     Document Type: Article

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