Well-being under chronic stress: Is morningness an advantage?

Stress and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-340

  Buschkens, Jane ^a   Graham, Deborah ^a   Cottrell, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Informal caregivers; Morningness; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPOSITE SCALE OF MORNINGNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PERSONAL WELL BEING INDEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77957962434     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1300     Document Type: Article

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