Gender and Marital Status Differences in Control and Distress: Common Stress versus Unique Stress Explanations

1987/03/01 by Peggy A. Thoits · 228 citations
Health Professions · Psychology · #Art #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Clinical psychology #Demography #Distress #Explication #Health, psychology, and well-being #Humanities #Marital status #Philosophy #Political science #Population #Psychology #Resilience and Mental Health #Sociology

paper · doi:10.2307/2137137

published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior 28(1), 7 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Peggy A. Thoits, Gender and Marital Status Differences in Control and Distress: Common Stress versus Unique Stress Explanations, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Mar., 1987), pp. 7-22

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