Reactivity to stress: When does a history of medical adversity foster resilience versus vulnerability?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1385-1399

  Bugental, Daphne B ^a   Beaulieu, David ^a   Fowler, Erin ^a   O'Brien, Eileen ^a   Cayan, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77954654632     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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