Do stressful events account for the link between socioeconomic status and mental health?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-212

  Businelle, M S ^a,b   Mills, B A ^a   Chartier, K G ^a   Kendzor, D E ^a,b   Reingle, J M ^a   Shuval, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

life stress; mediation analysis; mental health; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901984900     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt060     Document Type: Article

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