Testing a model of stress and health using meta-analytic path analysis.
The goal of this study was to use meta-analytic path analysis to evaluate a theoretical model of stress and health. A meta-analysis technique was adopted to combine and re-analyze 477 studies that investigated stress-related topics between January 1980 and December 2003 in Taiwan. Databases searched...
| Published in: | Journal of Nursing Research (Taiwan Nurses Association) Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 202 - 215 |
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| Format: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taiwan Nurses Association
Sep2007
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