Coping mechanisms of unemployed African men with dependents

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-105

  van der Merwe, Pauline ^a   Greeff, Abraham P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY LIFE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0037335779     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180301127     Document Type: Article

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