Coping, efficacy, and perceived control in acute vs chronic illnesses

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 617-625

  Endler, Norman S ^a   Kocovski, Nancy L ^a   Macrodimitris, Sophia D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute vs chronic illness; Coping; Perceived control; Self efficacy; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285092     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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