Culture Moderates the Relation Between Perceived Stress, Social Support, and Mental and Physical Health

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 956-980

  Shavitt, Sharon ^a   Cho, Young Ik ^b   Johnson, Timothy P ^c   Jiang, Duo ^a   Holbrook, Allyson ^c   Stavrakantonaki, Marina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

health; horizontal and vertical collectivism and individualism; perceived stress; social support; stress buffering

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICAN AMERICAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 84978695666     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022116656132     Document Type: Article

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