Personality and health satisfaction

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-73

  Kesavayuth, Dusanee ^a   Rosenman, Robert E ^b   Zikos, Vasileios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE THAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A12; Big Five factors; C23; Health; I10; Illness; Individual heterogeneity; Personality traits; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924135765     PISSN: 22148043     EISSN: 22148051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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