Coping as a Mediator Between Negative Life Events and Eudaimonic Well-Being in Female Adolescents

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3723-3733

  Bryden, Carol I ^a   Field, Ashlee M ^a   Francis, Andrew J P ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Coping; Mediation; Resilience; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946495565     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0180-0     Document Type: Article

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