Coping strategies among police recruits in a high-stress training environment

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 717-729

  Violanti, John M ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POLICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027018602     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1992.9712102     Document Type: Article

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