Resilience to Major Life Stressors Is Not as Common as Thought

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-194

  Infurna, Frank J ^a   Luthar, Suniya S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adulthood and old age; growth mixture modeling; life satisfaction; rates of resilience; replication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962539123     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691615621271     Document Type: Article

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