Daily hassles and chronic stressors: Conceptual and measurement issues

Stress Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-101

  Hahn, Susan E ^a,b   Smith, Carlla S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stressors; Daily hassles; Measurement; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; WORK;

EID: 0032918371     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<89::AID-SMI789>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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