Cross-cultural equivalence of coping and involuntary responses to stress in Spain and the United States

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-185

  Connor Smith, Jennifer K ^a   Calvete, Esther ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coping; Cross cultural; Involuntary responses; Measurement equivalence; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042799324     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800410001709412     Document Type: Article

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