Work stress, family stress and depression in professional and managerial employees

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 999-1012

  Phelan, Jo ^a,b,c   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a,b,c   Bromet, Evelyn J ^a,b,c   Dew, Mary A ^a,b,c   Parkinson, David K ^a,b,c   Schulberg, Herbert C ^a,b,c   Dunn, Leslie O ^a,b,c   Blane, Howard ^a,b,c   Curtis, E Carroll ^a,b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0026335548     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700029998     Document Type: Article

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