Coping with school stress: A comparison of adolescents with and without learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-296

  Geisthardt, Cheryl ^b   Munsch, Joyce ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030143977     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949602900307     Document Type: Review

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