Comparing social contact and group identification as predictors of mental health

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 781-790

  Sani, Fabio ^a   Herrera, Marina ^b   Wakefield, Juliet R H ^a   Boroch, Olga ^a   Gulyas, Csilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870672203     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2012.02101.x     Document Type: Article

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