Everyday Stressors and Gender Differences in Daily Distress

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 670-680

  Almeida, David M ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0032158919     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.3.670     Document Type: Article

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