Gender, Stress, and Coping

The Oxford Handbook of Stress, Health, and Coping

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Helgeson, Vicki S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Gender; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923470911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195375343.013.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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