Finding the light at the end of the tunnel: Age differences in the relation between internal states terms and coping with potential threats to self

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-43

  Styers, Mary Koenig ^a   Baker Ward, Lynne ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Internal states language; Self; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873695299     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.705849     Document Type: Article

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