Perceived changes in personal circumstances related to social change: Associations with psychosocial resources and depressive symptoms

European Psychologist

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-78

  Grümer, Sebastian ^a   Pinquart, Martin ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buffering effects; Depressive symptoms; Optimism; Social change; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952128494     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000038     Document Type: Review

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