Culture, coping, and context: Primary and secondary control among Thai and American youth

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 809-818

  McCarty, Carolyn A ^a   Weisz, John R ^a   Wanitromanee, Kanchana ^b   Eastman, Karen L ^a   Suwanlert, Somsong ^c   Chaiyasit, Wanchai ^c   Brotman Band, Eve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Child Mental Health Center   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Coping; Cross cultural; Culture; Primary and secondary control; Stress; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIETY; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032804780     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004059     Document Type: Article

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