Survival Skills Training during Freshman Orientation: Its Role in College Adjustment

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-334

  Devlin, Ann Sloan ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy

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EID: 0009965938     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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