Facilitating and debilitating trait anxiety, situational anxiety, and coping with an anticipated stressor: A process analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 892-906

  Raffety, Brian D ^a   Smith, Ronald E ^a   Ptacek, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031115890     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.4.892     Document Type: Article

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