Urban hassles as chronic stressors and adolescent mental health: The urban hassles index

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-94

  Miller, David B ^a   Townsend, Aloen ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic stressors; Indices; Major life events; Mental health; Scales; Urban hassles

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144475292     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhi004     Document Type: Review

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