Compensatory Conscientiousness and Health in Older Couples
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Compensatory conscientiousness and health in older couples.
The present study tested the effect of conscientiousness and neuroticism on health and physical limitations in a representative sample of older couples (N= 2,203) drawn from the Health and Retirement Study. As in past research, conscientiousness predicted better health and physical functioning, whereas neuroticism predicted worse health and physical functioning. Unique to this study was the fin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0956-7976,1467-9280
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02339.x