Personality, Relationships, and Health: A Dynamic transactional Perspective

Handbook of Personality and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-212

  Neyer, Franz J ^a   Lehnart, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health psychology; Hypertension problems; Personality development; Personality relationship transaction; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889348371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713860.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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