Cognitive and Motivational Processes Underlying Coping Flexibility: A Dual-Process Model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-438

  Cheng, Cecilia ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85047694052     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.425     Document Type: Article

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