Sex differences in the perception of stressful life events in a spanish sample: Some implications for the axis IV of the DSM-IV

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-359

  Caballo, Vicente E ^a   Cardeña, Etzel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM IV; Gender differences; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206326     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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