A Review of the Direct and Interactive Effects of Life Stressors and Dispositional Traits on Youth Psychopathology

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 810-819

  Kushner, Shauna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Personality; Psychopathology; Stress; Temperament; Traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84941314191     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-014-0523-x     Document Type: Review

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