Personal characteristics and resilience to economic hardship and its consequences: Conceptual issues and empirical illustrations

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1645-1676

  Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Conger, Katherine J ^b   McAdams, Kimberly K ^a   Neppl, Tricia K ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70450207635     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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