Examining the relationship between changes in personality and changes in depression

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-46

  Chow, Philip I ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Correlated change; Depression; Mediation; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900800434     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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