Personality profiles and health: Longitudinal evidence among Finnish adults

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 512-522

  Kinnunen, Marja Liisa ^a   Metsäpelto, Riitta Leena ^a   Feldt, Taru ^a   Kokko, Katja ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^b   Leppänen, Esa ^c   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Central Finland Health Care District   (Finland)

Author keywords

Big Five personality traits; Health; Latent profile analyses; Longitudinal; Personality profile

Indexed keywords

LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84870065088     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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