The joint effects of life stress and negative social exchanges on emotional distress

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  August, Kristin J ^a   Rook, Karen S ^a   Newsom, Jason T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 35148845944     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.5.S304     Document Type: Article

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