Mediators of control beliefs, stressful life events, and adaptive behavior in school age children: The role of appraisal and social support

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-160

  Jackson, Yo ^a   Kim, Kerri L ^a   Delap, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248174839     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20192     Document Type: Article

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