Reciprocal Relations Between Emotional Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Ego-Resiliency Across Time

Journal of Personality

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 552-563

  Milioni, Michela ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^b   Eisenberg, Nancy ^c   Castellani, Valeria ^b   Zuffianò, Antonio ^b   Vecchione, Michele ^b   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; EGO; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941002258     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12131     Document Type: Article

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