Gender Differences in the Determinants of Distress, Alcohol Misuse, and Related Psychiatric Disorders

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-113

  Elliott, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

distress; gender; stress process; substance use abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728858     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869312474828     Document Type: Article

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