The effect on coping of monitoring, blunting, and the ability to achieve cognitive structure

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-412

  Bar tal, Yoram ^a   Spitzer, Ada ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033160886     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989909599751     Document Type: Article

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