Antecedents and consequences of negative life events in adulthood: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Cui, Xing Jia ^a   Vaillant, George E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030027711     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.1.21     Document Type: Article

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