Adolescent coping scales: A critical psychometric review

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-548

  Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun ^b   Thorsteinsson, Einar Baldvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Best test theoretical practice; Coping scale; Reliability; Review; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 56749177775     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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