Positive psychological states and anxiety: The mediating effect of proactive coping

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 795-804

  Griva, Fay ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651320943     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.20.PR0.107.6.795-804     Document Type: Article

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