The association between stress, sense of coherence and subjective health complaints in adolescents: Sense of coherence as a potential moderator

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Moksnes, Unni K ^a   Rannestad, Toril ^a   Byrne, Don G ^b   Espnes, Geir A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

buffer; domain specific stress; health complaints; youth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PEER PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; SUBJECTIVE HEALTH COMPLAINTS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 80051779928     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1353     Document Type: Article

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