Theoretical note: When is a coping strategy not a coping strategy?

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-87

  Troop, Nicholas A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Coping; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032243998     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809808249315     Document Type: Article

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