Expectancies, socioeconomic status, and self-rated health: Use of the simplified TOMCATS questionnaire

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-251

  Odéen, Magnus ^a,c   Westerlund, Hugo ^b   Theorell, Töres ^b   Leineweber, Constanze ^b   Eriksen, Hege R ^a,d   Ursin, Holger ^a  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS); Coping; Norway; SES ladder; Socioeconomic gradient in health; Sweden; TOMCATS inventory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877921712     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-012-9221-x     Document Type: Article

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