Dialectical thinking and coping flexibility: A multimethod approach

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 471-494

  Cheng, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849110238     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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