The construct validity of the ASSET stress measure

Stress and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Johnson, Sheena ^a   Cooper, Cary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASSET; GHQ; Mental health; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042420543     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.971     Document Type: Article

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