Big boys don't cry: An investigation of stoicism and its mental health outcomes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1369-1381

  Murray, Greg ^a,d   Judd, Fiona ^b,d   Jackson, Henry ^c,d   Fraser, Caitlin ^d   Komiti, Angela ^b,d   Pattison, Pip ^c,d   Wearing, Alex ^c,d   Robins, Garry ^c,d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Centre for Rural Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes to seeking psychological help; Gender; Mental health; Stoicism

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549109795     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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