Personality, physical activity, and symptoms of anxiety and depression: The HUNT study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 745-756

  Brunes, Audun ^a   Augestad, Liv Berit ^a   Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cross sectional study; Depression; Personality; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84887483070     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0594-6     Document Type: Review

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