Associations between personality traits, physical activity level, and muscle strength

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-270

  Tolea, Magdalena I ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Jeffrey Metter, E ^c   Costa, Paul T ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Extraversion; Muscle strength; Neuroticism; Personality; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860578450     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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