Personality and stress appraisal in adults prenatally exposed to the Dutch famine

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 321-325

  de Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Veenendaal, Marjolein V E ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^b   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dutch famine; Personality; Prenatal undernutrition; Sex differences; Stress appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; ARTICLE; BIG FIVE INVENTORY SCORE; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSIS; OPENNESS; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PERSONALITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STARVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859824736     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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