Patterns of actual and perceived control: Are control profiles differentially related to internalizing and externalizing problems in youth?

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 515-528

  Scott, Brandon G ^a   Weems, Carl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Control; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955798789     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615801003611479     Document Type: Article

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