Coping, affect and aging: The roles of mastery and self-esteem

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 357-372

  Ben Zur, Hasida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affect; Aging; Coping; Mastery; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038301809     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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