An exploration of the influence of dispositional traits and appraisal on coping strategies in African American college students

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-174

  Smith, Maureen C ^a   Dust, Margaret C ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 33646193739     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00372.x     Document Type: Review

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