Is attachment style a source of resilience against health inequalities at work?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 765-775

  Bartley, Mel ^a   Head, Jenny ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Resilience; Social inequalities in health; Social mobility; UK; Whitehall II study

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PARENTAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT STYLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846170586     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.033     Document Type: Article

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