Depressive symptoms and unmitigated communion in support providers

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-70

  Jin, Lihua ^a   van Yperen, Nico W ^b   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Mariët, Hagedoorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Psychological wellbeing; Social support; Support provider; Supportive behaviour; Unmitigated communion; Unsupportive behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649105744     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.741     Document Type: Article

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