Comparing sense of coherence, depressive symptoms and anxiety, and their relationships with health in a population-based study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2401-2412

  Konttinen, Hanna ^a   Haukkala, Ari ^a   Uutela, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Discriminant validity; Finland; Health; Mental health; Psychological measurement; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 43249084979     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.053     Document Type: Article

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