Gender, the Stress Process, and Health: A Configurational Approach

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-206

  Longest, Kyle C ^a   Thoits, Peggy A ^b  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; psychological distress; stress process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734306     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869312451151     Document Type: Article

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