Farmers' stress and coping in a time of drought

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gunn, K M ^a   Kettler, L J ^a   Skaczkowski, G L A ^b   Turnbull, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Australia; Coping; Drought; Farm; Mental health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DROUGHT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DROUGHTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872043482     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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