A longitudinal study of the effects of pessimism, trait anxiety, and life stress on depressive symptoms in middle-aged women

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-213

  Bromberger, Joyce T ^a,b   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 0030016664     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.207     Document Type: Article

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