The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Brazilian Portuguese: Initial Validation and Links With Executive Function, Sleep, and Mental and Physical Health

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Cazassa, Milton J ^a   Oliveira, Margareth da S ^a   Spahr, Chandler M ^b   Shields, Grant S ^c   Slavich, George M ^d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allostatic load; assessment; disease; early adversity; health; life stress; measurement; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079504705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03083     Document Type: Article

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