Individuals negotiating demands of social and economic change a control-theoretical approach

European Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-259

  Tomasik, Martin J ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a   Pinquart, Martin ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demands; Globalization; Life span theory of control; Primary and secondary appraisals; Primary and secondary control; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650449810     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000064     Document Type: Article

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