Sense of coherence, negative life events and appraisal of physical health among university students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1079-1089

  Jorgensen, Randall S ^a   Frankowski, James J ^a   Carey, Michael P ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001671022     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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