Life stresses, explanatory style, hopelessness, and occupational class

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-256

  Henry, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Explanatory style; Hopelessness; Occupations; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144476136     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.12.3.241     Document Type: Article

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