Contextualizing health outcomes: Do effects of network structure differ for women and men?

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 164-175

  Haines, Valerie A ^a   Beggs, John J ^b   Hurlbert, Jeanne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Gender; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249100299     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9441-3     Document Type: Article

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