Distal stressors and the life stress process

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-82

  Ensel, Walter M ^a   Lin, Nan ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Stt Univ of New York at Albany ^*

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EID: 0029665893     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199601)24:1<66::aid-jcop5>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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