Conscientiousness and public health: Synthesizing current research to promote healthy aging

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1303-1314

  Reiss, David ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b   Nielsen, Lisbeth ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Conscientiousness; Interventions; Life course; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGING; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84922330179     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036473     Document Type: Article

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