Economic stress and psychological well-being: An economic psychology framework

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-311

  MacFadyen, Alan J ^a   MacFadyen, Heather Wood ^b   Prince, Nancy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Mental well being; Socioeconomic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163626     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4870(96)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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