Age and sex differences in strategies of coping and defense across the life span

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-139

  Diehl, Manfred ^a,b   Coyle, Nathan ^a   Labouvie Vief, Gisela ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0029999023     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.1.127     Document Type: Article

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