Beliefs about overcoming psychological problems among british and japanese students

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-74

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Ota, Hiromi ^a   Tatsuro, Hosoe ^b   Koyasu, Masuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034132243     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540009600446     Document Type: Article

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