Coping with stress among preschool children and associations with anxiety level and controllability of situations

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-101

  Yeo, Kelly ^a   Frydenberg, Erica ^a   Northam, Elizabeth ^b   Deans, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Controllability; Coping; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899947541     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12047     Document Type: Article

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