The association of daily hassles and uplifts with family and life satisfaction: Does cultural orientation make a difference?

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-98

  Lavee, Yoav ^a   Ben Ari, Adital ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allocentrism idiocentrism; Cross cultural research; Cultural orientation; Family relations; Family stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARABS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40149098203     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-007-9146-8     Document Type: Article

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