Exploring the measurement and structure of children's coping through the development of a short form of coping

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 35-45

  Lodge, Jodie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A short form of coping; Children's coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448929958     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200028972     Document Type: Article

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