Activating Effects of Resources Relative to Threat and Responsibility in Person-Relative-to-Event Theory of Coping with Threat: An Educational Application

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1437-1456

  Mulilis, John Paul ^a   Duval, T Shelley ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0347104487     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01957.x     Document Type: Article

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