Personality Traits Predict the Onset of Disease

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-317

  Weston, Sara J ^a   Hill, Patrick L ^b   Jackson, Joshua J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

conscientiousness; disease; health; neuroticism; openness; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924914422     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614553248     Document Type: Article

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