Assessment and Prediction of Stress-Related Growth

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-105

  Park, Crystal L ^a   Cohen, Lawrence H ^b   Murch, Renee L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030098790     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00815.x     Document Type: Article

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