Self-coping complexity: Role of self-construal in relational, individual and collective coping styles and health outcomes

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-235

  Hardie, Elizabeth A ^a   Critchley, Christine ^a   Morris, Zoe ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Ill being; Self; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750536033     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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