Work and personal resources as long-term predictors of well-being

Stress and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 227-234

  Kalimo, Raija ^a   Pahkin, Krista ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Personal resources; Psychological and physiological symptoms; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036918963     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.949     Document Type: Review

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