Dyadic coping in Latino couples: Validity of the Spanish version of the Dyadic Coping Inventory

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-466

  Falconier, Mariana Karin ^a   Nussbeck, Fridtjof ^b   Bodenmann, Guy ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

couples; dyadic coping; Spanish; stress; validation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84878659244     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2012.699045     Document Type: Article

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