Personality and Coping: Three Generations of Research

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Suls, Jerry ^a,b   David, James P ^a   Harvey, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 1842530049     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00942.x     Document Type: Article

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