Sweating the small stuff: How different types of hassles result in the experience of stress

Stress and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-392

  McIntyre, Kevin P ^a   Korn, James H ^b   Matsuo, Hisako ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily hassles; Emotions; Perceived control; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCHOOL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 64149122932     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1190     Document Type: Article

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