Predictors and characteristics of mental health among men at midlife: A 32-year longitudinal study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-273

  Westermeyer, Jerry F ^a  

^a ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031954771     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080335     Document Type: Article

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