Translating personality psychology to help personalize preventive medicine for young adult patients

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 484-498

  Israel, Salomon ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c   Belsky, Daniel W ^d   Hancox, Robert J ^e   Poulton, Richie ^e   Roberts, Brent ^f   Murray Thomson, W ^e   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Person perception; Personality; Personalized medicine; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84895106461     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035687     Document Type: Article

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