Maladaptive personality traits, coping styles and psychological distress: A study of adult male prisoners

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 561-573

  Ireland, Jane L ^a,b   Brown, Stephen L ^a   Ballarini, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Maladaptive personality; Prisoners; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745755908     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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