Culture, stress, and coping: Internally- and externally-targeted control strategies of European Canadians, East Asian Canadians, and Japanese

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 652-668

  Tweed, Roger G ^a,c   White, Katherine ^b,c,d   Lehman, Darrin R ^c  

^a KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Culture; Japanese; North American; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644263077     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104270109     Document Type: Article

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