The contribution of the big five personality factors to sense of coherence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-596

  Hochwälder, Jacek ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Big five personality factors; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863780347     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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