Unlocking the Black Box: A Multilevel Analysis of Preadolescent Children’s Coping

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 527-541

  Wadsworth, Martha E ^a   Bendezú, Jason J ^a   Loughlin Presnal, John ^a   Ahlkvist, Jarl A ^a   Tilghman Osborne, Emile ^a   Bianco, Hannah ^b   Rindlaub, Laura ^b   Hurwich Reiss, Eliana ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84962077712     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1141356     Document Type: Article

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