A longitudinal study of the relationship between positive affect and both problem- and emotion-focused coping strategies

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-510

  Yamasaki, Katsuyuki ^a   Sakai, Akiko ^b   Uchida, Kanako ^c  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Mimasaka College   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotion focused coping; Gender differences; Longitudinal study; Negative affect; Positive affect; Problem focused coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745600879     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.5.499     Document Type: Article

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