Validation of the Japanese version of the recovery experience questionnaire

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-205

  Shimazu, Akihito ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b   Kubota, Kazumi ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health; Japanese; Job stress; Performance; Recovery; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION;

EID: 84864506548     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0220-OA     Document Type: Article

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