Predictive value of age for coping: The role of self-efficacy, social support satisfaction and perceived stress

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-366

  Trouillet, Raphal ^a   Gana, Kamel ^b   Lourel, Marcel ^c   Fort, Isabelle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aging; Self referred beliefs; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGING; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949103714     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802626223     Document Type: Article

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