The association of interpersonal stress with psychological distress in Romania

European Psychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-49

  Bancila, Delia ^a,b   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^a   Hetland, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interpersonal stress; Psychological distress; Romania; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644918360     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.11.1.39     Document Type: Article

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