Cross-cultural investigations of stress: Conceptual and methodological considerations

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Laungani, Pittu ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual problems; Cross cultural stress studies; Methodological issues; Stress research; Stress research in India

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844522773     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01857886     Document Type: Article

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