A preventive coping perspective of individual response to terrorism in Canada

Current Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Lee, Jennifer E C ^a   Gibson, Stacey ^a   Markon, Marie Pierre L ^a   Lemyre, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Emergency preparedness; Preventive coping; Stress and coping; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349097811     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-009-9053-2     Document Type: Article

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