Stress, wellness, and mattering among cadets at West Point: Factors affecting a fit and healthy force

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 475-482

  Myers, Jane E ^a   Bechtel, Ashleah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Adjutant General Corps US Army   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; STUDENT T TEST; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOLDIER; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW YORK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 4344702985     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.6.475     Document Type: Article

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