Understanding stress and quality of life for clergy and clergy spouses

Stress and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 261-277

  Darling, Carol Anderson ^a   Hill, E Wayne ^b   McWey, Lenore M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b First Baptist Church   (United States)

Author keywords

Clergy stress; Family stress; Health stress; Occupational stress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY;

EID: 11344288119     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1031     Document Type: Article

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