Worry and use of coping strategies among older and younger adults

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-560

  Hunt, Sandra ^a   Wisocki, Patricia ^a   Yanko, Julianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Coping; Elderly; Gender; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041662157     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00229-3     Document Type: Article

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