Can the Big Five explain the criterion validity of Sense of Coherence for mental health, life satisfaction, and personal distress?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-111

  Grevenstein, Dennis ^a   Bluemke, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big Five personality factors; Incremental validity; Life satisfaction; Mental health; Neuroticism; Sense of Coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921027504     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.053     Document Type: Article

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