The personal functioning inventory: A reliable and valid measure of adaptiveness in coping

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-123

  Kohn, Paul M ^a   O'brien Wood, Colleen ^a   Pickering, Donna I ^a   Decicco, Teresa L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0037396126     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087193     Document Type: Article

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