Associations between positive and negative affect and 12-month physical disorders in a national sample

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-210

  Weiser, Eric B ^a  

^a CURRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; MIDUS; Negative affect; Physical disorders; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENUATION; BLADDER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE; ULCER; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861478326     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: 15733572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-011-9277-9     Document Type: Article

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