Workload, stress and family life in british members of parliament and the psychological impact of reforms to their working hours

Stress Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-87

  Weinberg, Ashley ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^a   Weinberg, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home work interface; Mps; Perceived control; Politicians; Stress levels; Symptoms of stress; Type a behaviour; Working hours

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032942334     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<79::AID-SMI788>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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