Life changes scaling for the 1990s

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-292

  Miller, Mark A ^a   Rahe, Richard H ^a  

^a VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Life change events; Life change units; Life stress; Proportionate scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030760089     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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