Changes in stress perception and coping during adolescence: The role of situational and personal factors

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 259-279

  Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^b   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 59949087964     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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