A psychometric re-assessment of the COPE questionnaire

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-335

  Lyne, Kenneth ^a   Roger, Derek ^b  

^a York NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPE questionnaire; Coping; Coping styles; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239513     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00196-8     Document Type: Article

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