Gender Traits and Cognitive Appraisal in Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Locus of Control

Sex Roles

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 122-133

  Sarrasin, Oriane ^a   Mayor, Eric ^b   Faniko, Klea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BSRI; Cognitive appraisal of stress; Gender traits; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894612482     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0336-6     Document Type: Article

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