Personality and obesity across the adult life Span

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-592

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Five factor model; Obesity; Personality; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSCIENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONSCIENCE; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052215334     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024286     Document Type: Article

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