The significance of sense of humor, life regard, and stressors for bodily complaints among high school students

Humor

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 67-83

  Svebak, Sven ^a   Götestam, K Gunnar ^a   Jensen, Eva Naper ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Sor Trondelag Co Admin   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bodily complaints; Life regard; Sense of humor; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842733241     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2004.008     Document Type: Article

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