Health behaviour mediates the relationship between Type D personality and subjective health in the general population

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2148-2155

  Williams, Lynn ^a   Abbott, Clare ^a   Kerr, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health behaviour; health psychology; mediator; quality of life; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TYPE D BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TYPE D PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988696599     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315571977     Document Type: Article

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