Development of Maladaptive Coping: A Functional Adaptation to Chronic, Uncontrollable Stress

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 96-100

  Wadsworth, Martha E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Coping; Environmental context; Functional adaptation; Self regulation; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928584246     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12112     Document Type: Article

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