Mastery and inoculation against setbacks as active ingredients in the JOBS intervention for the unemployed

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 867-877

  Vinokur, Amiram D ^a   Schul, Yaacov ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0030764330     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.65.5.867     Document Type: Article

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