Translation, validation, and adaptation of an instrument to assess the information-seeking style of coping with stress: The Spanish version of the Miller Behavioral Style Scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 909-912

  Miró, Jordi ^a  

^a Institut de Psicologia Aplicada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coping style; Miller Behavioral Style Scale; Spanish version of; Transcultural research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031281116     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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