Dealing With Social Difficulty During Adolescence: The Role of Implicit Theories of Personality

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 196-201

  Yeager, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; coping; implicit theories; mental representations; psychological intervention; social cognitive development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017624696     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12234     Document Type: Article

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