The Long Arm of the Farm: How an Occupation Structures Exposure and Vulnerability to Stressors Across Role Domains

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-89

  Swisher, Raymond R ^a   Elder Jr , Glen H ^b   Lorenz, Frederick O ^b   Conger, Rand D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IOWA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032018483     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676390     Document Type: Article

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