A psychosocial resilience model to account for medical well-being in relation to sense of coherence

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 857-862

  Hart, Kenneth E ^a   Wilson, Tobi L ^a   Hittner, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Medical; Positive psychology; Resilience; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33749639472     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306069082     Document Type: Article

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