Heterogeneous patterns of stress over the four years of college: Associations with anxious attachment and ego-resiliency

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 476-486

  Galatzer Levy, Isaac R ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; College; Distress; Flexible Coping; Latent Class Growth Analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT; COLLEGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EGO; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE COPING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LATENT CLASS GROWTH ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTACHMENT; COLLEGE; DISTRESS; FLEXIBLE COPING; LATENT CLASS GROWTH ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883462151     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12010     Document Type: Article

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