Stress Coping: A Qualitative and Quantitative Synthesis with Implications for Treatment

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 499-549

  Aycock, David W ^b   Pugh, James L ^a   Curlette, William L ^a   Silva Cannella, Kathleen A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84970479137     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000086144001     Document Type: Article

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