Life and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of the Incidence of Diabetes

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-48

  Shirom, Arie ^a   Toker, Sharon ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^b   Berliner, Shlomo ^c   Shapira, Itzhak ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Prospective design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859575041     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2011.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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