The negative event scale: Measuring frequency and intensity of adult hassles

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-176

  Maybery, D J ^a,b   Neale, Jason ^a   Arentz, Alex ^a   Jones Ellis, Jenny ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Hassles; Interpersonal events; Life satisfaction; Measurement; Psychological distress; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VICTORIA; WORK;

EID: 34248524178     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701217654     Document Type: Review

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