Workplace stressors, ways of coping and demographic characteristics as predictors of physical and mental health of Japanese hospital nurses

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-97

  Lambert, Vickie A ^a,b   Lambert, Clinton E ^a,b   Ito, Misae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coping; Health; Japanese nurses; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0346219410     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00080-4     Document Type: Article

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