Personality and coping with professional demands: A behavioral genetics analysis

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 376-385

  Maas, Heike ^a   Spinath, Frank M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Coping with professional demands; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; JOB STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84868636498     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027641     Document Type: Article

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