A comprehensive model of stress. The roles of experienced stress and neuroticism in explaining the stress-distress relationship

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 290-298

  De Jong, G Majella ^a   Van Sonderen, Eric ^b   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assertiveness; Coping; Distress; Personality; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032699282     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012346     Document Type: Article

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