Personality traits, quality of life and perceived health in adolescents with congenital heart disease

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-335

  Rassart, Jessica ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Goossens, Eva ^a   Apers, Silke ^a   Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Moons, Philip ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adolescence; Big Five; chronic disease; congenital; heart defects; perceived health; personality; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874151253     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.729836     Document Type: Article

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