Optimism and its relationship to depression, coping, anger, and life events in rural adolescents

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-130

  Puskar, Kathryn R ^a   Sereika, Susan M ^a   Lamb, Jacqueline ^a   Tusaie Mumford, Kathleen ^a   McGuinness, Teena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEGATIVISM; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0033085407     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128499248709     Document Type: Article

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