Personality accounts for the connection between volunteering and health

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 691-697

  King, Hannah R ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Personality; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PERSONALITY; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84946397329     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu012     Document Type: Article

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