Coping strategies: Gender differences and development throughout life span

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1089-1098

  Meléndez, Juan Carlos ^a   Mayordomo, Teresa ^a   Sancho, Patricia ^a   Tomás, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Elderly; Gender; Middle age; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871215113     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n3.39399     Document Type: Article

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