The capacity to be alone as a stress buffer

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-16

  Larson, Reed ^a   Lee, Meery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030074680     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1996.9923024     Document Type: Article

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