Effects of social support and personal coping resources on depressive symptoms: Different for various chronic diseases?

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 551-558

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo ^b   Joan, A Joan P ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Kriegsman, Didi M W ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Coping resources; Depressive symptoms; Elderly; Mastery; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031771477     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.6.551     Document Type: Article

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