Elucidating the relationship between noise sensitivity and personality

Noise and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 76, 2015, Pages 165-171

  Shepherd, Daniel ^a   Heinonen Guzejev, Marja ^b   Hautus, Michael J ^c   Heikkilä, Kauko ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age effects; extroversion; neuroticism; noise sensitivity; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CHARACTER; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; MALE; NOISE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHARACTER; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NOISE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84929250489     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.155850     Document Type: Article

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