Stress and Health Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Negative Affectivity in Female Health Care Workers

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-64

  Klainin, Piyanee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

family stress; health; negative affectivity; occupational stress; structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649132857     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013693     Document Type: Article

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