Expanding the Conceptualization and Measurement of Applied Problem Solving and Coping: From Stages to Dimensions to the Almost Forgotten Cultural Context

American Psychologist

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 805-816

  Heppner, Puncky Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

applied problem solving; collectivistic coping; coping; cultural context; problem solving stages

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849126926     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.63.8.805     Document Type: Article

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