The role of playfulness in the leisure stress-coping process among emerging adults: An SEM analysis

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-209

  Qian, Xinyi Lisa ^a   Yarnal, Careen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adult; Leisure coping; Playfulness; Process theory of stress coping; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957838821     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2011.578398     Document Type: Article

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