Daily hassles mediate the relationship between major life events and psychiatric symptomatology: Longitudinal findings from an adolescent sample

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-404

  Johnson, Jeffrey G ^a   Sherman, Martin F ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031326330     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.1997.16.4.389     Document Type: Article

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