Determinants of stress-related growth: Gender, stressfulness of the event, and coping strategies

Current Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-75

  Kesimci, Asli ^a   Sevinc Goral F ^a   Gençöz, Tulin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 27844442614     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-005-1005-x     Document Type: Review

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