Hardiness and health: A prospective study

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 168-177

  Kobasa, Suzanne C ^a   Maddi, Salvatore R ^b   Kahn, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

challenge, stressful life events ; commitment ; control ; hardiness ; illness, male managers with mean age of 48 yrs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020022377     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.42.1.168     Document Type: Article

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