Are adolescents with high mental toughness levels more resilient against stress?

Stress and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-171

  Gerber, Markus ^a   Kalak, Nadeem ^a   Lemola, Sakari ^a   Clough, Peter J ^b   Perry, John L ^c   Pühse, Uwe ^a   Elliot, Catherine ^a   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^a   Brand, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; depressive symptoms; mental toughness; stress buffer; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TOUGHNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875871017     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2447     Document Type: Article

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