The personality-illness relationship : where it began -- Neuroticism as a risk factor for stress and impaired health and well-being -- Stress as a mediator of the personality-illness relationship -- The "big five" traits and the personality-illness relationship -- Neuroticism and mental health -- Explanatory mechanisms : mediating processes in the personality-illness relationship -- Neuroticism -- Neuroticism and cognitive appraisal -- Neuroticism and coping -- Neuroticism and health behavior
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [45]-60) and index