Perceived Past, Present, and Future Control and Adjustment to Stressful Life Events

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Frazier, Patricia ^a   Keenan, Nora ^a   Anders, Samantha ^a   Perera, Sulani ^a   Shallcross, Sandra ^a   Hintz, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Locus of control; Perceived control; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953684871     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022405     Document Type: Article

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