Personality change predicts self-reported mental and physical health

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-334

  Magee, Christopher A ^a   Heaven, Patrick C L ^b   Miller, Leonie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Latent difference score modeling; Personality change; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84877820124     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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