Association between the five factor personality traits and perceived stress: Is the effect mediated by general self-efficacy?

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-419

  Ebstrup, Jeanette Frost ^a   Eplov, Lene Falgaard ^b   Pisinger, Charlotta ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a  

^a Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^b Psychiatric Centre Ballerup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

General population; General self efficacy; Mediation; NEO FFI; Perceived stress; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHARACTER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957652307     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2010.540012     Document Type: Article

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