Differential relationships in the association of the Big Five personality traits with positive mental health and psychopathology

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 517-524

  Lamers, Sanne M A ^a   Westerhof, Gerben J ^a   Kovács, Viktória ^b   Bohlmeijer, Ernst T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big five; Personality; Positive mental health; Psychopathology; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865763962     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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