College students from families of divorce: Keys to their resilience

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-31

  McIntyre, Anne ^a   Heron, Reva L ^a,b   McIntyre, Michael D ^a   Burton, Shacunda J ^a   Engler, Jennifer N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Corazon Behavioral Health Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; College students; Distress; Divorce; Personality; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037395932     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(03)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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