Children's action-control behaviors (coping): A longitudinal validation of the behavioral inventory of strategic control

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-336

  Little, Todd D ^a   Lopez, David F ^b   Wanner, Brigitte ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Action control theory; Coping; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649422     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248360     Document Type: Article

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