Coping, Social Interest, and Psychological Birth Order as Predictors of Resilience in Turkey

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 509-524

  Ergüner Tekinalp, Bengü ^a   Terzi, Şerife ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coping; Psychological birth order; Resilience; Social interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913580397     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-014-9378-3     Document Type: Article

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