Preliminary study on the role of alternative educational pathways in promoting the use of problem-focused coping strategies

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-512

  Shankland, Rebecca ^a   França, Lionel Riou ^b,c   Genolini, Christophe M ^c   Guelfi, Julien Daniel ^d   Ionescu, Serban ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Maison de Solenn ^*

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative schools; Anxiety; Coping styles; Depression; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549091106     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178764     Document Type: Article

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