Changes in psychological distress among East German adolescents facing German unification the role of commitment to the old system and of self-efficacy beliefs

Youth and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-101

  Pinquart, Martin ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a,c,d   Juang, Linda P ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Jena ^*

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Self efficacy beliefs; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344617771     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X03258243     Document Type: Review

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