Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology

This paper sets out the case that personality traits are central to health psychology. To achieve this, three aims need to be addressed. First, it is necessary to show that personality influences a broad range of health outcomes and mechanisms. Second, the simple descriptive account of Aim 1 is not...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Eamonn
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2880/