Coping Efforts in Daily Life: Role of Big Five Traits and Problem Appraisals

Journal of Personality

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-294

  David, James P ^a   Suls, Jerry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CATHARSIS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033238119     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00056     Document Type: Article

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