Perceptions of stress and coping strategies among adults with mild mental retardation: Insight into psychological distress

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Hartley, Sigan L ^a   MacLean Jr , William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL STRESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS;

EID: 22544464675     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[285:POSACS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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