Profiles and correlates of children's self-reported coping strategies using a cluster analytic approach

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-153

  Steele, Ric G ^a   Cushing, Christopher C ^b   Bender, Jade A ^a   Richards, Margaret M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Competencies; Coping strategies; Externalizing; Internalizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349038177     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9153-2     Document Type: Article

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