Characterizing stress tolerance: "Controllability awareness" and its relationship to perceived stress and reported health

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 883-895

  Todrank Heth, Josephine ^a   Somer, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Controllability; Coping; Health; Perceived stress; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037137010     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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