Stressful Life Events: A Revision and Update of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-23

  Hobson, Charles J ^a   Kamen, Joseph ^a   Szostek, Jana ^a   Nethercut, Carol M ^b   Tiedmann, James W ^b   Wojnarowicz, Susan ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^b NPD Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Life events; Social Readjustment Rating Scale; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032395463     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022978019315     Document Type: Article

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