A questionnaire-wide association study of personality and mortality: The Vietnam experience study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 523-529

  Weiss, Alexander ^a,d   Gale, Catharine R ^b,d   Batty, G David ^c,d   Deary, Ian J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; Mortality; Negative Affect; Personality; Somatic Complaints; Vietnam Experience Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIET NAM;

AFFECT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84878574697     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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