Coping styles and strategies: A comparison of adolescent students with and without learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Firth, Nola ^a   Greaves, Daryl ^b   Frydenberg, Erica ^b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Middle school; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHOOLS;

EID: 72749092404     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219409345010     Document Type: Article

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