The effects of daily stress on positive and negative mental health: Mediation through self-efficacy

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Schönfeld, Pia ^a   Brailovskaia, Julia ^a   Bieda, Angela ^a   Zhang, Xiao Chi ^a   Margraf, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daily stress; Descriptive survey study; Mediation; Mental health; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961390398     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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