The Social Psychology of Stress, Health, and Coping

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 465-487

  Carr, Deborah ^a   Umberson, Debra ^b  

^a Camden Campus of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic Load; Coping Resource; Daily Hassle; Major Depressive Disorder; Stressful Life Event

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126041689     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6772-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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