Stress-related changes in personality: A longitudinal study of perceived stress and trait pessimism

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-68

  Shields, Grant S ^a   Toussaint, Loren L ^b   Slavich, George M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Change; Development; Health; Life stress; Longitudinal; Modeling; Perceived stress; Personality; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982839412     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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