A comparison of the self-reported mental and physical stress of working and full-time homemaker mothers - A UK pilot study

Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-154

  Kahn, H ^a   Cuthbertson, J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Mothers; Physical health; Primary school children; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031816515     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199807)14:3<149::AID-SMI771>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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