Gender differences in coping strategies in children and adolescents

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-26

  Eschenbeck, Heike ^a   Kohlmann, Carl Walter ^a   Lohaus, Arnold ^b  

^a University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Coping; Gender; Stressor

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049124911     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.28.1.18     Document Type: Article

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