Personality and substance use in midlife: Conscientiousness as a moderator and the effects of trait change

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-305

  Turiano, Nicholas A ^a   Whiteman, Shawn D ^a   Hampson, Sarah E ^b   Roberts, Brent W ^c   Mroczek, Daniel K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Conscientiousness; Drinking; Drug; Interactions; Personality; Smoking; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860573899     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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