Counteracting stress through leisure coping: A prospective health study

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-220

  Iwasaki, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Diversity; Health; Leisure; Social class; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGEISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RACISM; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745727252     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500500155941     Document Type: Article

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