Psychosocial stressors in inter-human relationships and health at each life stage: A review

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 73-86

  Kagamimori, Sadanobu ^a   Nasermoaddeli, Ali ^a   Wang, Hongbing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caring for the elderly; Child abuse; Job strain; Parental divorce; Psychosocial stressor; Retirement; Sense of coherence; Social support; Spouse bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DIVORCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NEGLECT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 3042742811     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.73     Document Type: Review

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