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The influence of an individual’s characteristics on disease incidence.
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Personality and behavior are strongly interlinked and collectively shape how individuals navigate their lives, experience their surroundings, and are perceived by other members of society. Given the pervasive nature of personality, it is not surprising that the study of personality traits and their impact on health has been heavily researched. Despite the seemingly simplistic and intuitive nature of such a relationship, obtaining sound, empirical evidence has proven to be a challenge. One major barrier to research in this field has been the temporal constraints imposed in a research setting. Personality can change during...
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Lukewich, M.K., El-Baba, M. (2019). Personality and Disease Susceptibility. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2107-1
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