The association between cumulative adversity and mental health: Considering dose and primary focus of adversity

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1149-1158

  Kinan, Giora ^a   Shrira, Amit ^a   Shmotkin, Dov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cumulative adversity; Dose response; Other oriented adversity; Self oriented adversity; SHARE Israel

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867042265     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0035-0     Document Type: Article

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