A preliminary investigation of Lebanese students' strategies for coping with stressful events

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-510

  Moussa, Mona M ^a   Bates, Glen W ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distress; General coping; Lebanese; Posttraumatic growth; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958099176     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.486779     Document Type: Article

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