Women's 'inner-balance': A comparison of stressors, personality traits and health problems by age groups

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 639-650

  Kenney, Janet W ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Illness symptoms; Interactive health model; Personality traits; Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI); Stressors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034145420     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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