Psychometrics of the dyadic coping inventory in three language groups

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 201-212

  Ledermann, Thomas ^a   Bodenmann, Guy ^b   Gagliardi, Simona ^b   Charvoz, Linda ^c   Verardi, Sabrina ^c   Rossier, Jérôme ^c   Bertoni, Anna ^d   Iafrate, Raffaella ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyadic coping; Dyadic research; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650300757     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000024     Document Type: Article

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