Keeping it all inside: Shyness, internalizing coping strategies and socio-emotional adjustment in middle childhood

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Findlay, Leanne C ^a   Coplan, Robert J ^a   Bowker, Anne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Internalizing problems; Middle childhood; Shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249135256     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408098017     Document Type: Article

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