Negative Attachment Cognitions and Emotional Distress in Mainland Chinese Adolescents: A Prospective Multiwave Test of Vulnerability-Stress and Stress Generation Models

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-544

  Cohen, Joseph R ^a   Hankin, Benjamin L ^b   Gibb, Brandon E ^c   Hammen, Constance ^d   Hazel, Nicholas A ^b   Ma, Denise ^e   Yao, Shuqiao ^f   Zhu, Xiong Zhao ^f   Abela, John R Z ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880304471     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.749787     Document Type: Article

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