Predictors of subjective ratings of stressor severity: The effects of current mood and neuroticism

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Espejo, Emmanuel P ^a   Ferriter, Caitlin T ^b   Hazel, Nicholas A ^b   Keenan Miller, Danielle ^b   Hoffman, Lindsay R ^b   Hammen, Constance ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

life stress assessment; mood state effects; neuroticism; stress appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 79551516942     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1315     Document Type: Article

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