Social skills, psychological well-being, and the mediating role of perceived stress

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-329

  Segrin, Chris ^a   Hanzal, Alesia ^a   Donnerstein, Carolyn ^a   Taylor, Melissa ^b   Domschke, Tricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Life satisfaction; Social skills; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547840187     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701282252     Document Type: Article

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