How do people respond to health news? The role of personality traits

Psychology and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 637-654

  Weston, Sara J ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bad news response model; conscientiousness; health; health behaviors; personality; situation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953263441     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2015.1119274     Document Type: Article

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