Poverty and involuntary engagement stress responses: Examining the link to anxiety and aggression within low-income families

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-325

  Wolff, Brian C ^a   DeCarlo Santiago, Catherine ^a   Wadsworth, Martha E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Family; Poverty; Stress; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COLORADO; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAID; POVERTY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651205051     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800802430933     Document Type: Article

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