The Interactional Context of Problem-, Emotion-, and Relationship-Focused Coping: The Role of the Big Five Personality Factors

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 775-813

  O'Brien, Tess Byrd ^a   DeLongis, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030329779     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00944.x     Document Type: Article

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