Social Relations, Social Integration, and Social Support

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 341-356

  Turner, J Blake ^a   Turner, R Jay ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

causal; depression; gender; marriage; personality; SES; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901447903     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4276-5_17     Document Type: Chapter

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