Coping Strategies and Locus of Control as Mediating Variables in the Relation between Exposure to Political Life Events and Psychological Adjustment in Israeli Children

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-123

  Hallis, Dana ^b   Slone, Michelle ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjustment; Children; Coping; Locus of control; Political life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033410891     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022980310481     Document Type: Article

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