Table of 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
  • 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 E. Gillham.