Somatization and mental health: A comparative study of the idiom of distress hypothesis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1833-1845

  Keyes, Corey L M ^a,b   Ryff, Carol D ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Idiom of distress; Psychological well being; Somatization; South korea; United states

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIETY; SOMATIZATION; SOUTH KOREA; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141788785     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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