Integrating trait and social-cognitive views of personality: Neuroticism, implicit stress priming, and neuroticism-outcome relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-689

  Moeller, Sara K ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^a   Bresin, Konrad ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Eating; Implicit associations; Neuroticism; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952310103     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210367487     Document Type: Article

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