Growing up fast: Stress exposure and subjective "weathering" in emerging adulthood

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-177

  Foster, Holly ^a   Hagan, John ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149092777     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650804900204     Document Type: Article

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