Role sequencing: Does order matter for mental health?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-154

  Jackson, Pamela Braboy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; ROLE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 5444259959     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650404500202     Document Type: Article

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