Sense of coherence as a modifier of occupational stress exposure, stress perception, and experienced strain: A study of industrial managers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 971-981

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Kalimo, Raija ^b   Toppinen, Salla ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032254556     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.971     Document Type: Article

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