Emotional approach and problem-focused coping: A comparison of potentially adaptive strategies

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-118

  Baker, John P ^a   Berenbaum, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33845495853     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600562276     Document Type: Article

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