Adolescents with high mental toughness adapt better to perceived stress: A longitudinal study with Swiss vocational students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 808-814

  Gerber, Markus ^a   Brand, Serge ^b   Feldmeth, Anne Karina ^a   Lang, Christin ^a   Elliot, Catherine ^a   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^b   Pühse, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depressive symptoms; Life satisfaction; Perceived stress; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873734506     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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