Elucidating the links between personality traits and diabetes mellitus: Examining the role of facets, assessment methods, and selected mediators

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 377-382

  Čukić, Iva ^a   Mõttus, René ^a,b   Realo, Anu ^b,c   Allik, Jüri ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Facets; Mediation; Personality traits; Self reports, informant ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958238769     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.052     Document Type: Article

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