Coping Strategies, Hostility, and Depressive Symptoms: A Path Model

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-342

  Mao, Wei Chung ^a   Bardwell, Wayne A ^b   Major, Jacqueline M ^c   Dimsdale, Joel E ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Coping; Depression; Hostility; Mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0347379796     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327558IJBM1004_4     Document Type: Article

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