Active and avoidant coping and coping efficacy as mediators of the relation of maternal involvement to depressive symptoms among urban adolescents

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 876-887

  Mosher, Catherine E ^a   Prelow, Hazel M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Coping; Depression; Efficacy; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448957585     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9132-7     Document Type: Article

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