Is Sense of Coherence Lowered by Negative Life Events?

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-492

  Hochwälder, Jacek ^a   Forsell, Yvonne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change; Negative life events; Sense of coherence; Stability; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955064672     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9211-0     Document Type: Article

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