The relationship between resilience and personality traits in doctors: Implications for enhancing well being

PeerJ

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Eley, Diann S ^a   Robert Cloninger, C ^b   Walters, Lucie ^c   Laurence, Caroline ^d   Synnott, Robyn ^a   Wilkinson, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Character; Doctors; Resilience; Temperament; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891528771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.216     Document Type: Article

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