Coping with failure: Relationship with self-concept discrepancy and attributional style

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 639-653

  Poon, Wing Tong ^a   Lau, Sing ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033205646     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549909598424     Document Type: Article

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