Preventive resources and emotion regulation expectancies as mediators between attachment and college students' stress outcomes

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  McCarthy, Christopher J ^a,c   Lambert, Richard G ^b   Moller, Naomi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c University of Texas at Austin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coping resources; Emotion regulation; Parental attachment; Stress outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746191385     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.13.1.1     Document Type: Article

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