Death or illness of a family member, violence, interpersonal conflict, and financial difficulties as predictors of sickness absence: Longitudinal cohort study on psychological and behavioral links

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 817-825

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Lillrank, Benita ^a   Kevin, May V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Health; Health risk behaviors; Life event; Mental distress; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036741850     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000031576.42041.B1     Document Type: Article

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