Thriving as a function of affective personality: Relation to personality factors, coping strategies and stress

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-116

  Norlander, Torsten ^a   Von Schedvin, Helena ^a   Archer, Trevor ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affective personality; Affectivity; Posttraumatic growth; Stress; Thriving

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644477554     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800500093777     Document Type: Article

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