Sense of Purpose Moderates the Associations between Daily Stressors and Daily Well-being

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 724-729

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Sin, Nancy L ^b,c   Turiano, Nicholas A ^d   Burrow, Anthony L ^e   Almeida, David M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily stress; Negative affect; Physical symptoms; Purpose in life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; AFFECT; AGED; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85050944802     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abm/kax039     Document Type: Article

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