Psychometric properties of a hurricane coping self-efficacy measure

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-386

  Benight, Charles C ^a   Ironson, Gail ^b   Durham, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Coping self efficacy; Natural disaster; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0033047137     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024792913301     Document Type: Article

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