Mediators of adolescents' stress in a college preparatory environment

Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 124, 1996, Pages 912-924

  Ainslie, Ricardo C ^a   Shafer, Alexandra ^a   Reynolds, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030332513     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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