Type D personality, physical symptoms and subjective stress: The mediating effects of coping and social support

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1075-1085

  Williams, Lynn ^a   Wingate, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coping; physical symptoms; social support; stress; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864708442     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.667098     Document Type: Article

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