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Gender and Marital Status Differences in Control and Distress

Common Stress versus Unique Stress Explanations

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ID2545656
AuthorsP A Thoits (0000-0001-7025-6368, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume28
Issue1
Pages7
Publication date1987-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health and Social Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1465 • E-ISSN: 2150-6000
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2137137
PMID3571908
OpenAlexW2322187010
LanguageEN
Citations received93
References cited13

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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