Trajectories of religious coping from adolescence into early adulthood: Their form and relations to externalizing problems and prosocial behavior

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 841-873

  Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Castellani, Valeria ^b   Panerai, Laura ^b   Eggum, Natalie D ^a   Cohen, Adam B ^a   Pastorelli, Concetta ^b   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960050530     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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