Agentic and Communal Traits and Health: Adolescents With and Without Diabetes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-428

  Helgeson, Vicki S ^a   Palladino, Dianne K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; agency; communion; diabetes; gender roles; health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858654463     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211427149     Document Type: Article

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