Development and validation of a stress-related vulnerability scale

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-182

  Tarsitani, Lorenzo ^a   Battisti, Francesca ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^a   Picardi, Angelo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957684283     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: 20381816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1705/496.5891     Document Type: Letter

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