| Description |
xi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Personality, cardiovascular disease, and public health / Martha C. Whiteman -- The role of personality in cancer onset and survival / Adelita V. Ranchor and Robbert Sanderman -- Temperament and children's unintentional injuries / David C. Schwebel and Benjamin K. Barton -- Personality, stress, and coping / Norbert K. Semmer -- Personality and well-being / Espen Røysamb -- Mechanisms relating personality and health / Deborah J. Wiebe and Katherine T. Fortenberry -- Personality and illness behavior / Paula G. Williams -- Physiological pathways from personality to health : the cardiovascular and immune systems / Suzanne C. Segerstrom and Timothy W. Smith -- |
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Personality, relationships, and health : a dynamic-transactional perspective / Franz J. Neyer and Judith Lehnart -- Personality types, personality traits, and risky health behavior / Svenn Torgersen and Margarete E. Vollrath -- The possibilities of personality psychology and persons for the study of health / Suzanne C. Ouellette and David M. Frost -- The prevention and treatment of hostility / Redford B. Williams and Virginia P. Williams -- Expressive writing, psychological processes, and personality / Amanda C. Jones and James W. Pennebaker -- Media, sensation seeking, and prevention / Lewis Donohew -- The promotion of optimism and health / Derek R. Freres and Jane Gillham |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health behavior -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Personality -- Physiological aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Neuropsychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Personality -- physiology.
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Psychophysiologic Disorders.
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Emotions -- physiology.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Vollrath, Margarete E.
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| LC no. |
2006013279 |
| ISBN |
9780470021347 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0470021349 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780470021354 |
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0470021357 |
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