Roles of the controllability of the event and coping strategies on stress-related growth in a Turkish sample

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 297-303

  Sevinc Goral F ^a   Kesimci, Asli ^a   Gençöz, Tülin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Controllability of the event; Emotion focused coping; Problem focused coping; Stress related growth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL STRESS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33846115711     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1107     Document Type: Article

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