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Associations between self-rated health and personality

Adrienne T Aiken-Morgan, Jacqueline Bichsel, Jyoti Savla

    Ethnicity & Disease
    |November 25, 2014
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    Personality traits like neuroticism and extraversion significantly predict self-rated health in older African Americans. Understanding these factors can inform health interventions for this demographic.

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