The Contribution of Personal Resources to Physical and Mental Health: Looking Into Age and Gender Effects.

From: Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs | Date: February 1, 1999| Author: SHMOTKIN, DOV; LOMRANZ, JACOB; EYAL, NITZA; ZEMACH, MINA | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. In this study, a model that specified the effects of socioeconomic and psychological resources on physical and mental health was investigated. It was hypothesized that (a) both kinds of resources would affect physical and mental health more strongly in older than in younger adults, and that (b) socioeconomic resources would exert stronger effects in men, whereas psychological resources would exert stronger effects in women. Data were collected in an Israeli national sampl...

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