Coping with perceived peer stress: Gender-specific and common pathways to symptoms of psychopathology

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1605-1620

  Sontag, Lisa M ^a   Graber, Julia A ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Depression; Diathesis stress; Interpersonal stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHECKLIST; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649242265     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020617     Document Type: Article

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