Voluntary Association Membership and Psychological Distress

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 348-355

  Rietschlin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032247545     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676343     Document Type: Article

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