Social psychological processes linking personality to physical health: A multilevel analysis with emphasis on hostility and optimism

Personality and Social Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 251-283

  Uchino, Bert N ^a   Vaughn, Allison A ^a   Matwin, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838082     Document Type: Chapter

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