Marital status and depression: The importance of coping resources

Social Forces

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 484-507

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Essex, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84925977255     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/61.2.484     Document Type: Article

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