Influence of affective personality type and gender upon coping behavior, mood, and stress

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-168

  Arntén, Ann Christine Andersson ^a   Jansson, Bengt ^a   Archer, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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