Adolescent vulnerability and the distress of rejection: Associations of adjustment problems and gender with control, emotions, and coping

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-159

  Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^a   Skinner, Ellen A ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Sex differences; Social anxiety; Stress appraisals

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REJECTION; PROCESS MODEL; SADNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THREAT; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84943427264     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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